Columbus man killed, 18-year-old suspect arrested

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.