wistv.com – Columbia, South Carolina |
On Wednesday, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts released the identities of the two people killed in an apparent murder-suicide that occurred over the weekend at the Copper Beech Townhouse Community in Columbia.
“Because the investigation is ongoing, there is nothing more to add at this time. Our thoughts are with the individuals and their families,” wrote a representative on behalf of the complex’s official Twitter page. “We are working in full cooperation with the RCSD.”
Watts stated that the autopsies were completed Wednesday morning. He stated that 20-year-old Diamoney Greene was the victim of a single gunshot wound to the head and died at the scene.
Greene is from Berkeley County and a 2012 graduate of Timberland High School. While in high school, she played on the school’s volleyball team.
She was living in Richland County while attending the University of South Carolina and
pursuing a degree in criminal justice. According to sources, Greene’s father is also an agent with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
The coroner added that 21-year-old Brandon Early of Goose Creek died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and also died on the scene.
According to Lt. Curtis Wilson with the Richland County Sheriff’s Office, a roommate found the two dead Tuesday in the 2100 building of the complex before dialing 9-1-1.
Wilson confirmed Greene and Early were dating but that there had been no previous documented cases of violence between them.
The coroner added that the Richland County Coroner’s Office and the Richland County Sherriff’s Department continue to investigate the case.
