Jewayne Price, 25, of Columbia was convicted of nine counts of assault and battery of high and aggravated nature and two counts of attempted murder for his role in the Columbiana Mall shooting. 

This mass shooting took place on Saturday, April 16, in 2022. No one was killed.

Price arrived at the mall alongside his girlfriend, entered through a main entrance while illegally carrying a concealed firearm, according to a release from the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. 

“On Saturday afternoon, April 16, 2022, Columbiana Mall was filled with employees and patrons, including families with children and infants in strollers,” the release read.

Meanwhile, Amari Smith, 24, and Marquise Robinson, 22, entered through a main entrance with weapons in their waistbands.

Video surveillance shows Price pulling a 9mm firearm, aiming it at Robinson while both Robinson and Smith pulled their firearms. Price and Smith exchanged numerous rounds of gunfire. Price, Smith and Robinson were not injured during the exchange.

The investigation determined that Smith and Robinson had a previous dispute with Price following the death of Amon Rice, 17, in Columbia in 2018.

Numerous victims who were injured testified in court, including a 73-year-old female and 16-year-old female.

According to the press release, the 73-year-old female sustained life altering injuries and the 16-year-old female was shot in the back while shopping.

“The violent nature of this mass shooting shocked the conscience of our community in Lexington County and negatively impacted many, many lives,” 11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard said in the release. “We are relieved that the persons responsible have been brought to justice, for the sake of our community and the innocent victims.”

Smith and Robinson are awaiting their sentencing for their roles in the mass shooting, the press release read. They have both been convicted.

Price was transported to the S.C. Department of Corrections to begin his sentence.

His trial was conducted during a two-week period of Lexington County General Sessions Court in October of 2024.

“A sentence in this case must send a message to anyone who brings this type of violence into a mall or public setting,” Judge Walton J. McLeod IV said in the release. “[A] sentence that reflects the harm caused that day, by a mass shooting in a mall in our County.”