A domestic double-homicide on a Columbia street ended two lives and left a family shattered. In the early morning hours of February 24, 2025, police responding to reports of gunfire around 3:07 a.m. found 78-year-old Jack Dee Stokes and his 65-year-old wife, Barbara Stokes, both fatally shot inside their home on the 6300 block of Red Haven Road. Jack Dee Stokes was located on the second floor with a gunshot wound to the head.

Officers encountered a man with a gun in a vehicle outside the house and took him into custody without incident. That man was identified as 33-year-old DiAngelo Smith, the couple’s grandson, who was living with them at the time. A witness reported seeing Smith point a gun at his grandfather, then heard a shot and fled, later hearing a second shot. Smith has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and other related charges and is being held without bail; detectives have not announced a motive.

If anyone knew Jack or Barbara Stokes, or has information about what happened at the Red Haven Road home that night, please come forward.