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An 18-year-old Columbus man has been arrested and charged in the death of a Columbus man.
On May 19 at around 11 a.m., the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force tracked Jose Raul Quezada III to a hotel in Houston and arrested him without incident.
Quezada was arrested in connection with the shooting death of Mitchell Levard Austin, 37. Police responded to a call about gunshots being fired on Saturday, May 17 and found Austin had been shot multiple times. He was transported to Columbus Community Hospital where he died shortly after arriving there.
Austin was found in the 1100 block of Walnut Street at 11:30 p.m. Officers located Austin at the scene and determined that he had been shot multiple times by an unknown suspect or suspects.
In connection with the killing, Columbus P.D. obtained an arrest warrant for 18-year-old Columbus man Quezada III for the offense of murder. Detectives from the agency contacted investigators with the Colorado County Sherriff’s Office, who relayed the information to the Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force.
18-year-old Jose Raul Quezada III, far left, was arrested 11 a.m. Monday morning, May 19 in connection to the May 17 shooting death of 37-yearold Mitchell Levard Austin, left. Courtesy photos
