In the early hours of October 15, 2025, 29-year-old Devonte Redmond of Columbia, South Carolina, was found unresponsive in an outdoor area of the Columbia Gardens Apartments on Plowden Road after multiple 911 callers reported gunfire. Officers arriving about 1:30 a.m. discovered Redmond with a gunshot wound to his upper body; CPR was performed but he was pronounced dead at the scene by the Richland County Coroner’s Office.

The investigation led to arrests weeks later of three 18-year-olds. Mason N. Taylor was identified by police as the person who allegedly shot Redmond and is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Daquan D. Macon and Jalil R. Medlock were also taken into custody; Macon is charged with misprision of a felony and accessory after the fact to murder, accused of failing to report the shooting, disposing of the weapon, and assisting Taylor in leaving the scene, while Medlock faces a misprision of a felony charge for allegedly being present and not reporting the crime. All three were booked at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. Authorities have not disclosed a motive.

Did anyone in the Columbia Gardens Apartments area see or hear anything that night that could help the investigation?