Rodney Kendall Francis II, 23, was shot and killed in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, on January 9, 2016. The shooting happened in the 1000 block of Lady Street in the early morning hours after an evening at Club Rue 77. Investigators say an argument and a physical altercation between at least two groups escalated as several people were leaving the club shortly before 3:30 a.m., and witnesses reported shots fired from a black and gray Chevy Avalanche.

Police found Francis unresponsive with a gunshot wound and he was taken to a local hospital, where he died; the Richland County Coroner’s Office later ruled the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body. The Columbia Police Department identified and arrested 23-year-old Michael Antonio Robinson on the Wednesday after the shooting; he was charged with murder and held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about the confrontation or the vehicle seen at the scene, please come forward.