Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on November 27, 2024, a volley of gunfire struck the 8300 block of Canaan Drive in Columbus, Georgia. Eighteen-year-old J’Mauri Taylor was killed at the scene; another 18-year-old, Dai’John Ross, was critically wounded and taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital, where he died on the evening of November 29, 2024.

The Columbus Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit opened a double homicide investigation. In early January 2025 investigators identified 16-year-old Skylar Jones as a suspect; Jones was arrested on January 2, 2025 in Fairburn on unrelated charges, extradited to Columbus, and detained at the Regional Youth Detention Center. Arrest warrants connected him to the Canaan Drive shooting, and he was charged with Malice Murder, Felony Murder under Senate Bill 440, three counts of Aggravated Assault, Armed Robbery, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime, Unlawful Possession of Firearms or Weapons, and Possession of a Pistol/Revolver by a person under the age of 18.

Who in the area might have seen or heard something that night and can help investigators piece together what happened?