COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A jury has found an accused murder suspect not guilty on all charges.

A Muscogee County jury deliberated for a day before finding Jonathan Thompson not guilty on six charges that include:

Malice murder

Felony murder

Aggravated assault

Possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony

Cruelty to children in the third degree

Cruelty to children in the third degree

In September 2022, 25-year-old Zachary Tyler Castellow was shot and killed outside of his home in his front yard on Forestside Drive.

In our previous reports, five shots went into the home of Zachary Castellow while his girlfriend and her kids, the suspect’s children, were in the house.

According to the family, the suspect’s daughter saw Tyler get shot in the head while walking back towards

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