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Delarance Jones, 31, was shot and killed on the morning of Saturday, August 26, 2023, in the 2900 block of Colorado Street in Columbus, Georgia. Emergency medical services were unable to resuscitate him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say the shooting followed a dispute over money that escalated into a physical fight in which both men reportedly fired shots.

Weeks later, on September 19, 2023, 30-year-old Jaleel Taylor was arrested with help from the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office and charged with Murder, Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Crime, and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Taylor was denied bond at his initial court appearance. A firearm recovered from Taylor at arrest was reported stolen but was described by investigators as not the weapon used in Jones’s shooting.

What details about that morning or the people involved might help explain how a money dispute turned fatal?