Dontrell Dwayne Williams was a 26-year-old U.S. Army veteran and a Columbus State University student, remembered by family and friends as kind, goofy and charismatic. He worked an overnight shift at a Circle K on Forrest and Floyd roads in Columbus, Georgia, saving money for rent when his life was taken.

In the early morning hours of September 23, 2019, a masked person entered the store. According to his family, Dontrell complied with the robber’s demands and gave money from the register. After he raised his hands again, the assailant shot him multiple times. He was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional hospital and pronounced dead shortly before 3:00 a.m.

The community held a standing-room-only funeral and he was buried with military honors at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery. His mother, Tanya Weaver, started Moms Against Violence in response to his death. Two months after the killing, police identified a suspect who was in custody in another county and charged that person with murder and a firearms offense.

Did anyone who knew Dontrell or who was in that area on September 23, 2019 have information that could help the case?