Seventeen-year-old Giancarlos Rivera-Lopez was shot and killed in Columbus, Georgia, on the night of January 7, 2023. Responders were called to the 8000 block of Veterans Parkway, within the Spring Creek Village Apartments complex, at about 10:26 p.m. and found Rivera-Lopez lying on the ground with a fatal gunshot wound. The Muscogee County Coroner pronounced him dead at 11:15 p.m.

The Columbus Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation. In the immediate aftermath no suspects had been identified and no arrests were announced. The case remains under investigation with the community awaiting information and answers.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about what happened, please contact the Columbus Police Department’s Homicide Unit.