Update: Columbus police capture suspect in Jan. fatal shooting, court hearing postponed
Columbus police have arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting last month.
Detectives said Deante Caruthers was wanted in the Jan. 20 shooting of Joseph Dukes, 35, found with multiple gunshot wounds beside his car in the 600 block of Moye Road, where police were dispatched around 3:45 p.m.
Rushed by ambulance to Piedmont Columbus Regional, Dukes was pronounced dead there at 4:44 p.m.
Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan said Dukes was shot on Sweetwater Drive, before he was found mortally wounded.
Police obtained a warrant charging Caruthers, 29, with murder. On Thursday afternoon, they asked the public’s help in locating the suspect.
Records show Caruthers was booked into the Muscogee County Jail at 11:23 p.m. Thursday. He was set for a preliminary hearing at 9 a.m. Friday in Columbus Recorder’s Court, where he asked that his hearing be postponed so he could hire an attorney.
Judge Julius Hunter reset the hearing for 9 a.m. Monday.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact Cpl. Sherman Hayes at 706-225-4268 or shayes@columbusga.org.
This story was originally published February 4, 2021 at 2:34 PM.