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D’aijon Cooks

Case from Columbus, GA dated Dec 19, 2020

Victim Details

D’aijon Cooks

Male

Black / African American

Columbus

GA

2020-12-19

20

D’aijon

Cooks

07/29/2026

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Daijon Cooks, a 20-year-old Black male, died on December 19, 2020, in Columbus, Georgia, after he was shot while sitting in a car on Kelly Avenue in south Columbus. He was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital at about 8:44 p.m., but by the time officers arrived, he had died. What emerged publicly was the outline of a grim and abrupt ending: a young man in a vehicle, gunfire tearing through the night, and a trip to the hospital that ended not in treatment and recovery, but in a homicide i ...
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  • https://www.wtvm.com: Overnight murder claims life of 20-year-old man; marks 45th homicide of 2020 in Columbus
  • D'aijon Cooks, age 20 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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