Columbus, Georgia’s first homicide of 2024 occurred on the evening of Monday, January 8, 2024. William Thomas Brown, 39, a student at Columbus Technical College, was found inside an apartment on Fort Benning Road with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at Piedmont Columbus Regional at 6:51 p.m. He is survived by his wife, Sholanda R. Brown, a son, a daughter, and other family members and friends.

Police arrested several suspects over the following months. Nineteen-year-old Devaris Binn was charged with murder and armed robbery; another 19-year-old, Trinity Farley, was also arrested in connection with the case. In April, authorities arrested Terrell Thomas in Atlanta (awaiting extradition to Columbus), and Cameron Davis and Jquan Williams in Columbus; those three face murder and armed robbery charges, and Thomas also faces a battery charge. A warrant for murder has been issued for 19-year-old Javon Green, who remains at large.

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