A 24-year-old man, Rownee Ortiz-Ocasio, was found dead inside an apartment at the Azalea Ridge complex on Boxwood Boulevard in Columbus, Georgia, in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 1, 2025. The Muscogee County Coroner, Buddy Bryan, ordered the body sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for autopsy and said he believed Ortiz-Ocasio had been shot and was involved in a home invasion at the time of his death.

The Columbus Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit opened a homicide investigation. The circumstances of what happened inside the apartment that morning remain under investigation.

Does anyone have information about that Azalea Ridge apartment or the events there on the night of May 31–June 1 that could help investigators?