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Christopher Prime Time Bernard

Case from Columbia, SC dated Dec 19, 2022

Victim Details

Christopher Prime Time Bernard Scott III

Male

Black / African American

Columbia

SC

2022-12-19

9

Christopher

Prime Time Bernard

07/09/2026

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In the days leading up to Christmas, a sense of profound loss enveloped a Columbia, South Carolina community. Nine-year-old Christopher Bernard Scott III, a male known affectionately as 'Prime Time,' died on December 19, 2022, from a gunshot wound. The tragic incident unfolded in the Hopkins area, a community in lower Richland County.

Initial reports from the Richland County Coroner's Office classified the young boy's death as a homicide, a determination that cast a somber shadow over the ...
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  • YouTube: Master Christopher Bernard Scott III - December 28, 2022- Leevy's Funeral Home Livestream
  • ABC Columbia: RCSD: 9 year-old's shooting death ruled an accident - ABC Columbia
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