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In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Columbus, Georgia, 60-year-old Richard Watson, a male, tragically lost his life in a selfless act of courage. On April 26, 2020, while on Cusseta Road, Watson witnessed a man physically assaulting a woman. He made the fateful decision to stop his vehicle and intervene, a choice that would ultimately cost him his life.

As Watson tried to help the woman, he was shot and killed. The quiet man, a graduate of Carver High School, was known by friends an ...Read More

Victim Details

Richard Watson

Male

Black / African American

Columbus

GA

2020-04-26

60

Richard

Watson

04/20/2026