Dimitri Alec Kyle Coleman, also listed as Dimitri Cole, was 29 and was killed in the early hours of May 25, 2024, on Charleston’s West Side. The shooting happened near a bar and restaurant in the 400 block of Railroad Avenue during a Memorial Day weekend gathering. Police were called about 3:30 a.m.; Coleman sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police and family accounts describe a sudden, targeted attack. Witnesses said someone approached Coleman, grabbed his neck or throat, and shot him multiple times; his mother said the gunman came from behind and fired four shots before fleeing on foot toward an alley leading to Watts Street. Only Coleman was hit despite a crowd being present. The suspected shooter was described as an older Black man wearing dark clothing. No arrest or public naming of a suspect had been reported and investigators appealed to witnesses for information.

Coleman’s mother, Alvernita Coleman, urged anyone who knew what happened to come forward; the family says they do not know of any enemies and remain without answers. If anyone was at the Railroad Avenue gathering or saw someone running into the alley toward Watts Street that night, can you help investigators by coming forward?