Wiley Lee Jackson, known as Lee, was 63 when he was found with gunshot wounds at the intersection of Ewart Avenue and Forsyth Street in Columbus, Georgia, in the early morning of February 17, 2023. Officers arrived after a call about an injured person at about 3:50 a.m.; medics attended him but he was pronounced dead at 4:45 a.m. The Muscogee County Coroner ruled the death a homicide.

Jackson was a longtime Columbus resident. A funeral service took place on March 4, 2023, at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Phenix City, Alabama, with burial at Alexander-Abercrombie Cemetery. The Columbus Police Department has not publicly identified any suspects, and no arrests have been announced. The motive and full circumstances of the shooting have not been released.

Anyone with information about what happened that morning is asked to contact the Columbus Police Department.