Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott speaks at a May 16 news conference announcing the arrests of three more suspects in the April 2 Columbia Place Mall shooting.

COLUMBIA — Three suspects on the run in the Columbia Place Mall shooting have been located and locked up, according to a May 16 news conference hosted by Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott.

Gabriel Davis, 19, and Ja’barree Cornelius, 18, were found hiding in an Airbnb on May 14.

Cornelius is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons charges.

Davis is charged with accessory after the fact.

The next day, Kyron Richardson, 19, was found hiding in a family member's house.

Lott said the family will likely face charges for harboring a fugitive.

Richardson’s mother, Erika Edmonds, 37, was also arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, in line with RCSD’s parental accountability initiative. She was released on bond 12 hours after her arrest. Her other son, 16, was also arrested in connection to the shooting.

Davis is still in jail, with his bond set for $75,000. Cornelius is also still in jail, with his bond set at $150,000. Richardson has not yet received a bond hearing.

The sheriff’s department was able to locate the suspects partly because of so many tips from the community.

“People are sick and tired of seeing innocent people, like that mom and baby, being subjected to these hoodlums running around with these guns,” Lott said, referring to a surveillance clip of the shooting on April 2 that showed a mother grabbing her child’s stroller and dropping to the ground.

The mother and baby were unharmed, but Lott said another man was struck by a stray bullet.

Lott took the opportunity to criticize the judicial system, pointing to a long list of previous violent charges against the men.

Prior to the mall shooting, Richardson was charged with attempted murder for striking a 70-year-old man’s hand with a stray bullet in a gas station shooting.

“Richardson was charged with attempted murder on this, and as we see all too often, the charges are reduced,” Lott said. “He’s put on an ankle monitor, and he ends up at the Columbia Place Mall, where he’s involved in another shooting. This is something our community is absolutely sick and tired of.”

Richardson’s rap sheet, according to Lott, started in 2019 and includes charges for weapons, shootings and car break-ins.

“It just goes on and on, but he’s eligible to be out here in our community wearing an ankle monitor,” Lott said. “That’s wrong. Absolutely wrong.”

When asked what reassurance he had for the community, Lott came up empty.

"I can't reassure them, that's what's so frustrating to me," He said. The sheriff warned kids to be "very, very careful" this summer.