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James Dexter Grant

Case from Columbia, SC dated Feb 17, 2017

Victim Details

James Dexter Grant

Male

Black / African American

Columbia

SC

2017-02-17

30

James

Dexter Grant

07/19/2026

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On a Friday evening in Columbia, South Carolina, a business transaction turned into a fatal encounter for James Dexter Grant, a 30-year-old male from Rembert. On February 17, 2017, Grant and another man traveled to the Colony Apartments on Bailey Street with the intention of selling a car to a resident. The situation escalated into a robbery, during which Grant was shot multiple times in the upper body.

First responders rushed Grant to Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital, but the w ...
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  • thestate: Man shot to death at Columbia apartments Friday night; man sought for questioning
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