Norman Lane, 65, was found shot to death inside his home on Brookstone Drive in Columbus, Georgia, on the evening of Monday, October 6, 2025. A family member discovered him after a reported burglary; officers arrived about 8:16 p.m. and the Muscogee County Coroner pronounced him dead at 9:09 p.m. Investigators noted forced entry and treated the case as a homicide that appeared to result from a home invasion. Lane’s own handgun was found beside him at the scene.

By the next evening police had arrested 26-year-old Antanavious Butler and charged him with murder, home invasion, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Prosecutors later told a bond hearing that security cameras placed Butler’s car in the neighborhood the night of the killing, his phone records put him in Columbus despite his claim he was in Atlanta, and a shotgun and matching shells were recovered from his vehicle. The judge denied bond pending a mental health evaluation.

Did anyone in the Brookstone area see a suspicious vehicle or person on the night of October 6, 2025?