On the evening of October 23, 2022, shots were fired on Delray Drive in Columbus, Georgia. Officers found 19-year-old Marqueyvius Dozier in the yard of his own home with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. A 14-year-old male was also critically wounded in the same shooting.

Columbus Police opened a homicide investigation and the case was added to the city’s unsolved homicides. The circumstances that led to the shooting remain under investigation.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Marqueyvius, please contact investigators.