On the morning of June 6, 2025, an early call about a possible car break-in at an Airbnb on the 2400 block of Lincoln Street in Columbia’s Elmwood Park neighborhood was quickly escalated to shots fired. Officers arriving around 5 a.m. found the short-term rental described as a warzone; over 30 spent shell casings were recovered and multiple victims were shot. Eighteen-year-old Jayden Brackins was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. Three other people—a 17-year-old male and two 18-year-old females—survived their injuries.

Police say the victims and suspects were known to one another and that Brackins had been visiting his aunt in town. A 15-year-old male was arrested the same day, and 18-year-old Latrell D.D. Hughey was arrested the next day on charges that include murder and multiple counts of assault and robbery. One other 17-year-old suspect was later detained outside South Carolina, and an 18-year-old, Asyia Bellamy, was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact.

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