Adan Obed Aguilar-Suarez, a 32-year-old man from Mexico, was shot and killed the evening of Thursday, March 2, 2023, at The Jaunt apartments, 1840 Carriage Lane, in the West Ashley area of Charleston, South Carolina. Officers arrived at 7:31 p.m.; Charleston County EMS and the Coroner’s Office responded and Aguilar-Suarez was pronounced dead at 7:45 p.m.

Charleston Police detectives and crime scene investigators treated the incident as a homicide. Their work led to an arrest announced March 6, 2023: 26-year-old Dyvonte Ontario Collins of Charleston was taken into custody by Charleston police, the U.S. Marshals Task Force, and Goose Creek Police. Collins was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and was booked into the Al Cannon Detention Center; a bond hearing was set for March 7, 2023. Police said the investigation remained active and asked anyone with information to contact the on-duty central detective or Crimestoppers of the Lowcountry.

If anyone has information about Aguilar-Suarez, the shooting, or movements at The Jaunt apartments that evening, please come forward.