In the early morning hours of March 22, 2015, 34-year-old Randall Ronald Brown was found lying in the 5000 block of Brickyard Road in Columbia, South Carolina. Deputies discovered his body in the roadway about 3:20 a.m.; an autopsy confirmed he died from a gunshot wound to the upper body. Brown was a Black man, a Benedict College graduate and a beloved teacher at the college’s child development center, remembered by fraternity brothers and the children he taught.

Investigators quickly identified a suspect: 24-year-old Donald Harper Jr. was located in Daytona Beach, Florida, along with Brown’s missing Jeep. After a high-speed chase on Interstate 95 ended in a crash, Harper attempted to flee on foot and was captured. Authorities say Harper confessed to shooting Brown, asserting he acted in self-defense and that Brown pulled a gun on him. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott publicly called that account self-serving and said the evidence did not support it. Another man was with Harper in Florida but was not charged in connection with the killing.

If anyone knew Randall Brown, saw his Jeep after March 22, 2015, or has information about what led to that morning’s events, please come forward with tips.