Derrick Bo Jordan, 39, a Black man from Columbus, Georgia, was shot multiple times late on the night of May 30, 2024, in the 300 block of 12th Street between 3rd Avenue and Veterans Parkway, just off downtown. Police say the gunfire began around 11 p.m.; Jordan was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional and pronounced dead at 11:12 p.m. The Columbus Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit opened a homicide investigation into the killing.

Months after the shooting, investigators identified a suspect. Police named Marcus Harris, 48, as the person they believed responsible and later charged him with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Detectives told court that surveillance footage, text messages, and recovered clothing were used to link Harris to the scene, and reporting indicated the men were connected through a significant other and that the killing grew out of an alleged domestic dispute.

Anyone with information about Jordan, the events on 12th Street that night, or the relationship between Jordan and Harris is asked to come forward.