On the night of October 7, 2019, two teenagers were shot and killed on 32nd Avenue in Columbus, Georgia. Eighteen-year-old Montrell Johnson and 17-year-old Terreon Deontae Nunne Joseph were found dead from gunshot wounds after officers responded to a shooting call in the 200 block around 11 p.m.

Investigators arrested 19-year-old Rayshondre Tarver of Phenix City and charged him with two counts of felony murder in connection with the deaths. At a preliminary hearing in Columbus Recorder’s Court Tarver pleaded not guilty. His defense says he acted in self-defense, asserting that Johnson and Joseph attempted to rob him and that one of them had a jammed 9mm handgun; the defense contends Tarver was protecting himself and the vehicle’s driver. Tarver was held in the Muscogee County Jail pending further proceedings.

The case remains unresolved in the available record; were anyone in Columbus familiar with Johnson or his movements that night?