Update: homicide suspected in death of woman, 19, found in car in northeast Richland

Homicide is now suspected in the death of a 19-year-old woman found shot in a car in the 200 block of Charleswood Drive, a Richland County sheriff’s spokesman said Friday.

The woman has not yet been identified by the Richland County coroner’s office.

According to the sheriff’s department, deputies were called to the 200 block of Charleswood Drive late Thursday afternoon by the Columbia Fire Department, which had responded to a report of a car crash.

The area is a residential neighborhood several miles north of Sesquicentennial State Park.

“When they arrived, they found that the driver of the vehicle, a 19-year-old woman, had been shot in the upper body. She was taken to the hospital where she later died,” a press release from the sheriff’s department said.

This investigation is ongoing, and more information will be released as it becomes available., the department said.

The sheriff’s department asked people with information to contact Crime Stoppers at crimesc.com. Tipsters are anonymous and could be eligible for a reward.

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This story was originally published February 5, 2021 at 12:14 PM.