A shooting in a Bojangles parking lot on Harbison Boulevard in Columbia, South Carolina, ended with the death of Antoinette Michelle Hammonds-Colon. She was 40 and working at the restaurant on the morning of Thursday, November 14, 2024, when gunfire erupted after a dispute between two groups. Hammonds-Colon was found outside with a gunshot wound to her upper body, taken to a local hospital in critical condition, and pronounced dead on Friday, November 15, 2024.

Police say the shooting began when a suspect, 23-year-old Ja’Quivian Kennerly, allegedly fired multiple rounds at a vehicle in the parking lot, aiming at the two people inside. Investigators believe Hammonds-Colon was an innocent bystander who was struck by that gunfire. Kennerly surrendered to authorities on the morning of Wednesday, November 20, 2024, and faces charges including murder, two counts of attempted murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle. The Columbia Police Department, the Lexington County Coroner’s Office, and the U.S. Marshal Service’s Carolinas Regional Task Force are listed as involved in the investigation.

Hammonds-Colon is described as a devoted wife and mother of nine. What information can readers share about the events in that Bojangles parking lot or about anyone who might have witnessed the shooting?