On the evening of Monday, May 22, 2023, 19-year-old Thomas Jack Keiser was killed in a gunfight on Beech Street in Columbia, Tennessee. The shooting followed a large altercation involving about eight men who knew one another; multiple people exchanged gunfire. Keiser suffered multiple gunshot wounds, was taken to Maury Regional Medical Center, and was pronounced deceased. Four others were injured that night — a second 19-year-old was critically wounded and airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and three more sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Columbia Police opened an investigation and arrested 19-year-old I’Yauntis Jamel Miller on charges of Second Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault Resulting in Death; he was booked into the Maury County Jail and held without bond. Authorities said the investigation was ongoing and additional arrests were possible. If anyone knew Thomas, was present on Beech Street that evening, or has information about the altercation, please come forward.