On September 17, 2020, 24-year-old Jamal Quintavious Watkins was shot and killed at the intersection of 9th Street and Lawyers Lane in Columbus, Georgia. Known in the local scene as Mad Zo, Jamal was an aspiring rap artist who had produced several music videos and had recently performed in Columbus. He worked in construction and was remembered by family as cool, calm, collective, loyal and funny.

Born February 21, 1996, he was a proud uncle and survived by his mother Sharanda Watkins, his father Shane Upshaw, multiple siblings and a large extended family. The Columbus Police Department lists the death as an unsolved homicide; no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified and investigators continue to seek information.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that night that could help Jamal’s case?