A violent shooting on May 13, 2025, in the Booker Heights neighborhood of Columbia, South Carolina, left 44-year-old Timothy Jacobs dead and two other people wounded. Columbia police were dispatched about 9 p.m. after a ShotSpotter alert and calls reporting gunfire on Booker Street near Farrow Road. Officers found three injured people; all were taken to a local hospital. Jacobs later died and the Richland County Coroner’s Office confirmed his identity. One of the other victims was treated and released; the condition of the third was not publicly detailed.

Investigators concluded Jacobs had been armed and the primary aggressor in a complex, volatile confrontation. After reviewing evidence and consulting with the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, authorities determined the shooting of Jacobs was a justifiable homicide under South Carolina law and that the people who shot him acted in self-defense. No charges were filed and the investigation was closed.

Did anyone in Booker Heights or nearby see or hear anything that night that could add detail to the timeline or events?