Derrick Antonio Jr — identified in some records as Derek Antonio Bowden Jr — was killed in a shooting inside an apartment on Old Buena Vista Road in Columbus, Georgia, on April 5, 2023. Columbus officers were dispatched about 5:15 p.m.; the Muscogee County coroner pronounced the 23-year-old dead at 5:40 p.m. from a gunshot wound. Early reports used the name Derrick Antonio Jr; subsequent police and obituary records clarified his legal name as Derek Antonio Bowden Jr.

Initial public details were limited: no gun was found at the scene, and investigators sought a search warrant for the residence, indicating the apartment might hold evidence. A quick breakthrough did not follow. On January 23, 2024, Columbus police renewed a public appeal for information and offered a reward; no suspect had been publicly named and no arrest or charge was reported in connection with the killing as of that appeal.

Did anyone in east Columbus hear or see something on the afternoon of April 5, 2023, that could help investigators?