A planned iPhone sale ended in a fatal shooting on February 15, 2026, in Columbia, South Carolina. Shihadeh Bir, 54, a resident of Irmo and a Palestinian-born entrepreneur, was shot multiple times around 1:10 p.m. on Cutlers Court off Broad River Road near Harbison. The Richland County Coroner’s Office confirmed his identity and cause of death.

Authorities say the meeting was set to sell an iPhone but turned violent when the prospective buyer allegedly intended to rob Bir and shot him. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department arrested 23-year-old Rasheed Hawkins around 1 a.m. on Monday, February 16, and charged him with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime; he is being held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

Bir was remembered as a kind, hardworking man building a pressure washing business. He is survived by his mother, a brother, two sisters, and his partner of 17 years; funeral services are planned in Charleston. Did anyone in the Columbia or Irmo area see activity on Cutlers Court that afternoon or have information about the planned meet-up?