In late spring 2016, a dispute over paintball fire escalated to deadly violence in Columbus, Georgia. On May 24, 33-year-old Alcides Ruben Washington was with friends working on a storage building when he was firing a friend’s paintball gun. The gun’s owner, Timothy Tarr, a Fort Benning military police officer, and Tarr’s wife became irritated by the number of paintballs fired and demanded that Washington stop.

According to reports, the argument intensified and Tarr drew a .45 pistol he was carrying, then allegedly shot and killed Washington at the Stone Creek Court location. Law enforcement responded to the scene and Tarr was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. He pleaded not guilty and was held in the Muscogee County Jail without bond pending proceedings.

If anyone knew Alcides Ruben Washington or was at Stone Creek Court that day, does anyone have additional details about what happened that afternoon?