On the afternoon of January 19, 2024, two men were killed by gunfire in the 2400 block of Wise Street in the Oakland Park neighborhood of Columbus, Georgia. Police responded to a call about 3:52 p.m.; Muscogee County deputies and the coroner pronounced 34-year-old Theodore Alexander and 21-year-old Troyverion Williams dead at the scene at 4:36 p.m. Alexander was found inside a vehicle and Williams in the front yard of a nearby home, an area close to Key Elementary School.

The double homicide was investigated by the Columbus Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit. The killings were the third and fourth homicides in Columbus for 2024.

If anyone in the Oakland Park area that afternoon saw suspicious activity or has information about these deaths, please contact the Columbus Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit.