On the afternoon of September 23, 2023, 23-year-old Josè Rodriguez, a Hispanic man, was found dead inside a vehicle in the 2000 block of Fort Benning Road in Columbus, Georgia. Officers were dispatched at about 3:32 p.m. after a report that a person had been shot; Rodriguez had sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Columbus Police Department classified the case as a murder investigation.

Does anyone who was in the Fort Benning Road area that afternoon have information that could help the investigation?