Jury selection begins for 2021 Wilson Apartments shooting

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Jury selection is beginning today for 5 defendants charged in connection to a 2021 murder investigation in Columbus.

The 5 defendants, Davion Davis, Jahiem Davis, Michael Brown, Elysia Cooley, and Corey Troupe are all charged in a fatal stabbing that took place in June 2021 at the Luther Wilson Apartments on 8th Avenue.

Back on June 5th of that year, police arrived on the scene and discovered 21-year-old Marcel Samedi dead, a Rock Hill, South Carolina native.

On January 4, 2022, probable cause was established and murder warrants were obtained for Cooley and Troupe.

News Leader 9 will continue to cover this trial this week.