Maurice Vaughn Jackson, 26, known as the rapper Lil Nuke, was fatally shot on September 7, 2021, at the Patriot Place Apartments on Buena Vista Road in Columbus, Georgia. He had been at the apartment with a woman named Shayla Powell when Powell’s ex-boyfriend, 26-year-old Quincy Wade, forced his way inside and gunfire broke out. Jackson suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died from his injuries.

Columbus Police investigators identified Wade as the primary suspect and charged him with Jackson’s murder. At trial the prosecution presented threatening text messages Wade sent to Powell before the shooting and argued jealousy motivated the attack. Wade’s defense said he acted in self-defense, claiming Jackson had been the aggressor and that Wade was shot in both legs during the confrontation.

A jury acquitted Wade of felony murder and malice murder and found him not guilty of aggravated assault and home invasion, with the home invasion count reduced to criminal trespassing. Does anyone have information about Jackson, his movements that night, or witnesses who were at Patriot Place Apartments?