UPDATE: The Columbus Police Department is investigating a homicide after a triple shooting in South Columbus Saturday July 11, 2026. The Muscogee County Coroner pronounced JaQuaivious Jordan dead on the scene in a Benning Hills neighborhood at 1:10 pm. The 23-year-old died from a gunshot wound according to Buddy Bryan.
The murder occurred at 12:45 pm on Little Drive. Two others were injured during the incident. The coroner said there were “several separate shootings within a few hundred feet of each other.” Investigators from the police department have not revealed any details about what might have prompted the deadly shootings.
The murder is the latest in a string of recent incidents involving gun violence to plague the city after weeks of calm and a decline in the homicide rate. The community is reeling from the shooting deaths of an 11-year-old boy and the manager of a local Dollar General in separate shootings in Columbus.
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