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Richard Collier

Case from Columbus, GA dated May 14, 2016

Victim Details

Richard Collier

Female

White / Caucasian

Columbus

GA

2016-05-14

23

Richard

Collier

07/04/2026

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Richard Adrian Collier, a 23-year-old White male from Columbus, Georgia, died on May 14, 2016, after a night at his Hodges Drive home turned violent. What began as a house party ended in chaos when a fight broke out, and Collier was drawn into it as he tried to intervene. Later accounts tied to the case said he was attempting to break up an altercation when he was shot. In the days that followed, the loss rippled through his family and community, which remembered him not as a figure in a court f ...
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  • Columbus Ledger-Enquirer: Richard Adrian Collier's Obituary on Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
  • ledger-enquirer: Update: Man wanted in fatal Hodges Drive shooting recently released from prison
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