Sylvester Riley

In the fall of 2016, a sense of unease settled over a Columbia, South Carolina, apartment complex as a beloved resident was discovered dead in his home. Sylvester Ronald Riley, a 60-year-old male, was found by a female acquaintance on October 22, 2016, in his apartment in the Elmtree/Georgetown Square Apartments on Tama Road. An autopsy later confirmed that he had died from a gunshot wound to his upper body sometime between October 21 and October 22.

Known to his friends and family by the ...

Man found fatally shot in home identified

Sylvester R. Riley, age 60 - National Gun Violence Memorial