FOREST ACRES, S.C. — Forest Acres police say a man shot at The Landings at Forest Acres Wednesday has died and the investigation into what led to his death continues.
The Richland County coroner identified the man as 30-year-old Brandon Van Dyke of Columbia. Van Dyke was only three days shy of his 31st birthday.
Officials in Forest Acres say that the victim did not live at the apartment complex where the incident took place. Van Dyke was taken to the hospital but died hours later.
The Forest Acres Police Department collected evidence and spoke to witnesses into the evening, according to the agency. While the department's K-9 unit was brought in to track down the shooter, no arrests have been made so far.
Chief Don Robinson of the Forest Acres Police Department has requested the assistance of the Richland County Sheriff's Office in the homicide investigation.
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“We are committed to bringing all resources to bear to solve this crime. The preventable loss of life is tragic in every city, especially in a tight-knight community like the City of Forest Acres,” said Chief Robinson in the release. “We want to stress this crime appears to be an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public at this time.”
Forest Acres officials say that this homicide is the first within the city limits since the murder of Officer Greg Alia on September 30, 2015.
It happens just days after Chief Robinson was unofficially sworn in as Chief.
“It maybe new territory to some, but it's not to me and not to us as a team," said Chief Robinson.
Robinson, a veteran of law enforcement, has nearly 30 years of experience under his belt and has served them all with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department in Columbia.
"I've been in the business nearly 30 years now and most of my years were working in investigations. I’ve worked numerous major crimes investigations," said Robinson.
Robinson is also no stranger to the area of Forest Acres.
“I've been in this area for a long time, many, many years," said Robinson. He said he understands the community has been "very fortunate" to go without many violent crimes.
He said him and his team are leaving no stone unturned when it comes to finding and arresting whoever killed Vandyke.
"We are using our patrol officers, we're using our canine, we ran the track last night. We're utilizing numerous investigators that we have. We are using intel analysts and we are using additional investigators from our team," said Robinson.
Anyone with any helpful information is asked to call Crime Stoppers of the Midlands at 1-888-CRIME-SC.