Jamel Griffin, a 20-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in Columbus, Georgia, on August 15, 2021. Police responded that Sunday morning to the Samson Avenue area and found Griffin with gunshot wounds; he was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional and pronounced dead.

Less than a month later, a report dated September 10, 2021, said Columbus police arrested a 20-year-old man identified as Quintavius Jones; a separate contemporaneous account gave the name as Quintavis Jones and alleged the victim was shot with a .40-caliber handgun.

If anyone has information about Griffin’s death or remembers activity in the Samson Avenue and 8th Street area that morning, please share what is known.