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Donald Antonio Young

Case from Columbia, SC dated Dec 29, 2018

Victim Details

Donald Antonio Young

Male

Black / African American

Columbia

SC

2018-12-29

37

Donald

Antonio Young

07/07/2026

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In what was initially believed to be a tragic car accident, the death of 37-year-old Donald Antonio Young on December 29, 2018, in Columbia, South Carolina, was soon discovered to be a homicide. First responders found Young inside his crashed vehicle at the intersection of Meeting House and Clarkson roads. However, an autopsy later revealed the cause of death was not the collision, but a gunshot wound to the neck that had severed his spinal cord, leading to his immediate death and causing the cr ...
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  • http://www.wistv.com: RCSD: Arrest made after man with gunshot wound dies in car crash
  • WLTX: Man found dead in car crash was shot, Richland County deputies say
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