In the late hours of a Monday in Columbia, South Carolina, the life of 23-year-old Corey Demetrius Andrews was tragically cut short. On November 15, 2021, gunshots rang out in the 2200 block of Kennedy Street, a residential area in the Rosewood neighborhood. When Columbia Police Department officers arrived at the scene after 11 p.m., they discovered two male victims of the shooting. One of them, Corey D. Andrews, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The other victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
The initial investigation suggested that the shooting was an isolated incident. Authorities began interviewing people at the scene to piece together the events that led to the deadly gunfire. For weeks, the question of who was responsible for Andrews' death remained unanswered, and no arrests were immediately made. The police reached out to the public for any information or surveillance footage that could shed light on the case.
Weeks after the fatal shooting, a breakthrough in the investigation led to an arrest. The Columbia Police Department announced that they had taken 24-year-old Emanuel Griffin into custody in connection with the November 15th incident. Griffin faced a series of serious charges, including murder, attempted murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession of a stolen vehicle, and failure to stop for blue lights causing bodily injury. Following his arrest, he was booked at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, where he was held without bond. There was no immediate information released regarding a motive for the shooting.
