On February 25, 2024, 35-year-old Kokayi Millner Livingston, a Black man from Wilson, North Carolina, was found unresponsive in the breezeway of a Carrington Place Apartments building in Columbia, South Carolina. Deputies determined he had died of gunshot wounds. This followed an earlier attack at the same complex on February 15, 2024, when Livingston was shot multiple times and survived.

Investigators say the violence was linked to an escalating domestic dispute involving Livingston and the former partner of his current girlfriend. Law enforcement identified 23-year-old Kesean Hog Johnson as the primary suspect in both shootings. After a public appeal, Johnson turned himself in on February 27, 2024, and was charged with murder for the February 25 death, attempted murder for the February 15 shooting, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

Are there any witnesses or neighbors who saw activity at Carrington Place Apartments in mid to late February who can provide more details?