On February 23, 2026, the body of 43-year-old Raynard Snow Brewington was found in the parking lot of his apartment building on Lake Murray Boulevard in Chapin, South Carolina. Lexington County deputies responding to 911 calls from residents who heard what they believed were gunshots located Brewington before daylight; he had died of a fatal shooting.

Brewington, born October 20, 1982, in Montgomery, Alabama, served in the U.S. Army and later worked as a traveling Registered Nurse and Operating Room Technician. He was a father of five. Detectives interviewed neighbors and examined scene evidence and mobile phone records; their analysis pointed to 42-year-old Brian Vincemichael Ashford of Camden as the person who traveled to Lexington County in the early morning and shot Brewington near his apartment door.

Investigators say the apparent motive involved a personal conflict after Ashford discovered he and Brewington were both in a relationship with the same woman. Ashford was arrested on February 25, 2026, and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. If anyone knew Raynard Brewington or has information about the shooting, please come forward.