D’aijon Cooks was 20 when he was shot and killed on December 19, 2020, in Columbus, Georgia. Police say the shooting occurred while he was sitting in a car on Kelly Avenue in south Columbus; he was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital at about 8:44 p.m. but was already dead by the time officers arrived.

For months the case remained an unresolved killing from a violent year, with little released about the events leading up to the shooting. On November 23, 2021, Columbus police announced an arrest after establishing probable cause and issued a murder warrant for 20-year-old Jamarious Lawan General in connection with Cooks’ death. Reporting available through that announcement focuses on the arrest and the warrant rather than any later courtroom outcome.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Kelly Avenue or has information about D’aijon Cooks that could help, please come forward.