On July 9, 2023, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Columbia Police Department (CPD) officers were dispatched to the 1600 block of Ogden Street in Columbia, South Carolina. Upon arrival, they found 18-year-old Jamari J. Shields with a gunshot wound to his upper body. An initial responding officer applied lifesaving procedures using a city-issued medical kit to help stop the bleeding until EMS arrived. Shields was transported to a local hospital, where medical staff pronounced him deceased a short time
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