Darrin Harrison

Darrin Demitrius Harrison was a 27-year-old Black man who lived on Graham Street in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He was the son of Angela Johnson. On August 2, 2019, he passed away at Prisma Health Richland Hospital in Columbia.

His death was the result of a drive-by shooting that occurred on the afternoon of Sunday, July 21, 2019. According to the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office, a group of men were standing outside a home on Graham Street when a vehicle drove by and its occupants began shooting. The men tried to take cover, but Harrison was struck by the gunfire. He was transported to the hospital in Columbia, where he died from his injuries nearly two weeks later.

Following the shooting, investigators tracked suspects to an apartment on Corona Street. When a SWAT team arrived, they heard a commotion inside but received no answer at the door. As officers prepared to enter the residence, two men fell through the ceiling from the attic where they had been hiding. They were identified as 19-year-old Latavish Ulmer Jr. and 19-year-old Derian James. A search of the apartment uncovered a stolen .45-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun inside a cereal box.

Police arrested four people in connection with the shooting. Shyheim Lippman, 23, and Shavore Guinyard, 19, were charged with three counts of attempted murder and possession of a stolen pistol. Ulmer and James were charged with possession of a stolen pistol and malicious injury to personal property for the damage to the ceiling. At the time of the shooting, Lippman was already out on bail and wearing an ankle monitor for a separate charge of failing to stop for a police officer's siren.

Shyheim Lippman was subsequently released on bail for the charges related to the drive-by shooting that killed Darrin Harrison. The case remains pending, and no verdict or plea has been reported.