On New Year’s Day 2020, 26-year-old Javante Jackson was found dead outside a building at the Elizabeth Canty Apartment complex in Columbus, Georgia. Responding officers reported his pockets had been turned inside out, and an autopsy later confirmed a single gunshot wound to the abdomen as the cause of death.

Investigators say two teenagers were arrested: 17-year-old Dequarius Richardson, known as Big Man, and a 16-year-old juvenile. The stated motive was robbery of seven grams of marijuana. The juvenile reportedly arrived armed with a 20-gauge shotgun. During a four-hour interrogation both suspects allegedly implicated themselves, and police recovered the shotgun and the vehicle used.

Both were charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime; armed robbery was later added and bond was denied. Does anyone have information about Jackson, his movements that night, or witnesses who were in the area?