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Derrick Scott

Case from Columbus, GA dated Dec 09, 2018

Victim Details

Derrick Scott

Male

Black / African American

Columbus

GA

2018-12-09

34

Derrick

Scott

06/29/2026

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On a December evening in 2018, the life of 34-year-old Derrick Scott was tragically cut short in Columbus, Georgia. The shooting, which occurred on December 9 at the Sands Apartments on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, would lead to a homicide investigation and the eventual arrests of five individuals. Scott, a Black male, was a father and an employee at a local Walmart Distribution Center. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital from a gunshot wound to the torso.

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  • ledger-enquirer: Columbus man dies of gunshot after shooting at Sands Apartments, coroner says
  • Final two suspects in MLK Blvd. murder arrested in Columbus
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