Police were called to the 9700 block of Clocktower Lane in Columbia on Oct. 8, 2008, at approximately 7:30 p.m., after a woman reported a man inside an apartment appeared to be injured or deceased. Paramedics and police arrived and found Nyorkor dead from a gunshot wound. He was 26 years old. Also in the apartment at the time were his two toddler-age children. They were not injured.