A dispute at a Columbia convenience store turned fatal shortly after midnight on May 19, 2024. Forty-six-year-old Jevon Shorty Belton was shot during an argument at the EZ Spot on Farrow Road and was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries.

Witnesses and surveillance footage identified 35-year-old Joseph Kennedy as the man who allegedly shot Belton. Kennedy reportedly fled the scene but returned later that day and was arrested at the same convenience store by Columbia Police Department officers. He was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime and booked into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. The investigation into what led to the confrontation is ongoing.

Does anyone have information about the moments before the shooting or about interactions between Belton and Kennedy that morning?