Jacquez Tremayne Banks, 21, a male who was Black/African American, was shot in a quiet northeast Columbus subdivision on the afternoon of July 3, 2025. Around 4:27 p.m., gunfire broke the stillness on the 4800 block of Hearthstone Drive, just off Warm Springs and Schomburg roads. First responders and neighbors recalled only a brief volley—three or four shots—before the scene fell silent again. Banks was found in the front yard and could not be revived; a deputy coroner pronounced him dead at
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