In the early hours of a Thursday morning in Columbia, South Carolina, a dispute between acquaintances escalated into a tragedy that claimed the lives of two young men. On February 7, 2019, 23-year-old Antonio Deandre Dash and another man, 24-year-old Eric Griffin, were fatally shot at the Willow Run Apartments on Alcott Drive. The male victim, Antonio Dash, was remembered in his obituary as a loving son, brother, and friend who was a fan of football and basketball.
Responding to 911
calls about a shooting just after 9 a.m., Columbia Police Department officers arrived to find Dash and Griffin unresponsive inside one of the apartments. Both men had sustained gunshot wounds to their upper bodies and were pronounced dead at the scene. The Richland County Coroner's Office later confirmed the cause of death for both victims as complications from the gunshot wounds.
Later that same day, authorities announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with the double homicide. The individual taken into custody was identified as 24-year-old Antonio Vashon Barnes. Investigators stated that Barnes was a roommate to one of the victims and that the shooting occurred after an argument between the three men turned into a physical altercation. Following his arrest, Barnes was charged with two counts of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. He was subsequently booked into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. The resolution of the charges against Antonio Vashon Barnes is not detailed in the available online sources.
