Derrick Scott was shot and killed on December 9, 2018, at the Sands Apartments on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Columbus, Georgia. He was 34, a Black father and an employee at a local Walmart Distribution Center, and was pronounced dead at a local hospital from a gunshot wound to the torso.

Columbus police released surveillance images showing five suspects described as Black males between 16 and 21 as they searched for those responsible. The investigation eventually produced arrests of five men; one was publicly named as Christian Solomon Caulton. By March 2019 Caulton had been arrested, waived a preliminary hearing, and was bound over to the Superior Court. The identities of the four other accused and the specific charges and final legal outcomes have not been widely reported.

Key details about the shooting night and the ultimate legal resolutions remain incomplete. If anyone has information about Derrick Scott, the suspects, or what happened that night, please share what is known.