William Javon Tatum, 40, was shot and killed outside his home in the Stone Creek area of Columbus on the night of October 10, 2025. Officers were called to the 5000 block of Stone Park Drive about 8:50 p.m.; Tatum was transported to Piedmont Columbus Regional and pronounced dead at 9:38 p.m. Violent crimes investigators took over the case and initially asked the public for help piecing together what happened.

Subsequent accounts described a traumatic scene: Tatum, known to family as Bam, had reportedly been returning with food for a family movie night when masked men confronted him at the door. His fiancée and children were said to have been inside as the men forced their way into the house and used Tatum at gunpoint as leverage; witnesses later said the assailants left without taking anything.

No trial or final court outcome has been reported. Does anyone in the Stone Creek area have information about that night or recall seeing anything suspicious near Stone Park Drive on October 10, 2025?