Javon Cherrl Smith was a 21-year-old Black man from Columbus, Georgia, known to friends and family by the nickname “BoBo.” Late on September 11, 2023, the night around him narrowed to a single call for help—officers were dispatched to the Wilson Apartments in the 3400 block of 8th Avenue for a report of a person down. When police arrived, they found Smith suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics tried to save him, but the effort ran out of time, and a deputy coroner pronounced him dead s
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