Raquise Walls, 20, was shot and killed inside an apartment at the Avalon Apartments on Cusseta Road in Columbus on the afternoon of Friday, May 17, 2024. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional emergency room, where he was pronounced dead at 12:54 p.m. Known to family as Quez, Walls attended Carver High School, worked as an inventory clerk and enjoyed fishing.

Columbus police identified 19-year-old Jaylen Paige as a suspect the same day and obtained a warrant charging him with murder, armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. By 5:25 p.m. officers from the Columbus Police Department’s Fugitive Unit, with help from Phenix City Police, arrested Paige in Phenix City, Alabama.

If anyone has information about Raquise Walls, his last movements, or the shooting at Avalon Apartments, please share what you know.