Damajne Hicks, 25, was shot and killed inside an apartment at the Redpoint Columbia complex on Southern Drive in Columbia, South Carolina. Deputies from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a shooting call about 6 a.m. on May 31, 2025, and found Hicks inside the apartment with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene and later identified by the Richland County Coroner’s office. Reports describe Hicks as a Black male.

Investigators say Hicks was in the apartment with three male visitors when an altercation began between one visitor and another person present. Hicks tried to intervene and was fatally shot. In the weeks after the killing, authorities arrested Jayln Malik Smith, 21, on charges of murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Two other men, Jahquez Mack, 22, and Yaqin Sincere Jackson, 23, were charged with accessory after the fact of a felony; Mack was later released on a $100,000 bond. Kendall Williamson, 21, was charged with harboring a fugitive in connection with the case.

If anyone has information about what happened at the Redpoint Columbia apartments that morning, please share what is known.