In the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 27, 2024, a shooting in a north Columbus neighborhood left 18-year-old J’Mauri Taylor dead. Officers found two people with gunshot wounds in the 8300 block of Canaan Drive around 12:35 a.m.; emergency personnel determined Taylor was deceased at the scene and he was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m.

A second 18-year-old victim, Dai'John Ross, was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional hospital in critical condition and later died on Friday, November 29, 2024. The Columbus Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit is investigating the double homicide; no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and no motive has been released.

Anyone who has information about what happened or who may be responsible is asked to contact investigators.