Seventeen-year-old Dives Evans was shot and killed on July 4, 2024, at the Woodland Terrace Apartments on South Beltline Boulevard in Columbia, South Carolina. A Kenning High School student born March 12, 2007, he was described as kind, creative, and talented in music and drawing. Officers found an injured male at the scene; he was taken to a local hospital and later died. The Richland County Coroner identified him as Dives Evans.

Law enforcement say the shooting began as an argument between acquaintances. A 16-year-old male suspect surrendered in Bibb County, Georgia, and faces charges including murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and possession of a weapon by a person under 18; he was awaiting extradition back to South Carolina. Police have called the incident isolated.

Evans was buried at Bradford Cemetery in Sumter after a celebration of his life; his mother, Victoria Evans, died a little over a month later. Did anyone in Columbia or Sumter have information about Dives, his activities that evening, or the events at Woodland Terrace Apartments?