In the early evening of June 8, 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet near the intersection of Percival Road and Quail Run Lane in Columbia, South Carolina. When the echoes faded, 17-year-old Jayson R. Cooke was dead from a gunshot wound, his silver Toyota having crashed into a wall after he was shot. The tragic event, which authorities later described as a drug deal that had taken a violent turn, claimed the life of a young man with a bright future. Jayson was a rising senior at Richland
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