Lukas Brendon Boykin, a 30-year-old African American man, was found with a fatal gunshot wound on the night of September 4, 2020, on Toney Drive in Columbus, Georgia. The shooting was discovered at about 11:15 p.m.; Boykin was pronounced dead shortly after midnight on September 5, 2020. The Muscogee County Deputy Coroner, Charles Newton, listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound.

The Columbus Police Department Homicide Unit opened an investigation into the shooting. The case remains an open and unsolved homicide, and Boykin’s family and the community continue to seek answers.

If anyone has information that could help move this investigation forward, please contact the Columbus Police Department.