Samuel Tatum was a 13-year-old Black boy from Columbus, Georgia, who was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the street after police responded to a shooting on the night of January 17, 2020. He was taken to hospital and pronounced dead on Monday, January 20, having been admitted early that Saturday morning. Early accounts said investigators and the Muscogee County coroner indicated the shooting may have occurred while Samuel was with several other people and may have involved what authorities described as a suspected game of Russian roulette.

The coroner reported the gunshot entered on the right side of his head and said that if the Russian roulette theory were confirmed the manner of death could be ruled accidental rather than homicide. Public reports did not show any announced arrest, named suspect, indictment, trial, or conviction connected to his death.

Does anyone have information about Samuel, where he was that night, or what happened?