COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, shots rang out inside the gym at Shirley B. Winston Park, leaving 22-year-old Jacarie Charles dead.

Two suspects are now charged with his murder. Eighteen-year-old Navaris Johnson appeared in court Wednesday, while 20-year-old Jamorris Baker is being held awaiting extradition to Muscogee County.

During a preliminary hearing, detectives testified the entire incident was caught on surveillance video.

“Johnson walked over to where Charles was sitting with the firearm already produced,” a detective said. “He grabs the backpack, a brief struggle was produced and Mr. Johnson raises a firearm and fires a single round. Mr. Charles would run out of the gym and into the lobby where he collapsed, followed immediately by Mr. Johnson who sa

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