On the afternoon of January 24, 2024, officers in Columbus, Georgia, responded to reports of a shooting at an apartment in the 900 block of Fleming Avenue. They found 48-year-old Black man Lacoya Whittlesey with a gunshot wound to the torso. Whittlesey was taken to a local hospital and was pronounced dead shortly after 4:30 p.m.

The Columbus Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit opened a homicide investigation and identified 35-year-old Rwanda Hill as the primary suspect. Warrants were issued charging Hill with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and police warned she should be considered armed and dangerous. Hill was later arrested, appeared in court on February 22, 2024, pleaded not guilty, and was denied bond. Her case was bound over to Muscogee County Superior Court and remained pending as of February 2024.

Did anyone in the area around Fleming Avenue on January 24 see or hear anything that could help investigators?