Quentin Scott Jr., 21, was killed just after midnight on July 7, 2024, when gunfire erupted in a parking garage in the 1000 block of Broadway near Front Avenue in downtown Columbus, Georgia. Police and emergency crews found three people with gunshot wounds; Quentin was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene at 12:57 a.m., while the other two victims were taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional in stable condition.

Police investigators say a verbal altercation in the garage breezeway escalated into gunfire. In the days that followed Columbus police publicly identified two suspects: 21-year-old Brandon Day, who was reported wanted and then arrested and charged with murder, and 19-year-old Markale Mickles, arrested July 26 and charged with murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Reporting indicated more arrests were expected.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation in the garage or has information about the shooting, please come forward to investigators.