Samuel Mayes, a 43-year-old African American man from Palatka, Florida, was shot on the afternoon of February 14, 2021, in the 300 block of North 11th Street. Officers who responded found him suffering from a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to Putnam Community Medical Center and pronounced dead there.

The investigation led to the arrest of 33-year-old Draneisha Bellamy of Palatka; she was taken into custody without incident and charged with second-degree murder. She was being held in the Putnam County Jail without bond. The relationship between Mayes and Bellamy and the circumstances that led to the shooting have not been disclosed.