On the morning of September 18, 2023, four-year-old Jacquese Walker Jr. was found dead from a gunshot wound inside an apartment at the Liberty Commons complex on North Lumpkin Road in Columbus, Georgia. Officers had been called about a shooting around 8:00 a.m. and discovered the child’s mother suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; she was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

Investigators identified the boy’s father, 35-year-old Jacquese Antwan Walker, as the suspect. A manhunt by multiple agencies ended when he was located and taken into custody on the afternoon of September 19, 2023, near 25th Street and 14th Avenue. He has been charged with murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Prosecutors say the shooting grew out of a domestic dispute after the mother tried to end the relationship; police testimony reported Walker admitted shooting his wife and said the child’s shooting was an accident, while prosecutors contend felony murder rules apply.

Family remembered the boy as someone who loved basketball and his mother deeply. Did anyone in the Columbus area see or hear anything that morning that might help clarify what happened?