Daquan Jones was 20 when he was fatally shot in Columbus, Georgia, on the evening of Thursday, September 2, 2021. The Muscogee County Coroner’s Office gives the time of the shooting at about 8:00 p.m. Jones was taken in a private vehicle to Piedmont Columbus Regional hospital and was pronounced dead in the emergency room at 8:45 p.m. The cause of death was a gunshot wound.

The Columbus Police Department Homicide Unit responded and opened an investigation. At the time of the initial reports no suspects or arrests were publicly named and the investigation was described as ongoing.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the events in the 3000 block the night of September 2, 2021, please share what is known.