In the early morning hours of November 3, 2022, a home invasion on Morris Avenue in Macon, Georgia, left 61-year-old Milton Jolly dead. Banks reportedly raped a 45-year-old woman in front of Jolly, who fled the house and was pursued and shot by Banks. Jolly was found in bushes outside the residence and later pronounced dead at a hospital; another male victim, 41-year-old George Brooks, was found inside and also died.

Police arrested Deon Banks later that day in the parking lot of a gas station on Riverside Drive; officers recovered a .380-caliber Hi-Point pistol that matched shell casings from the scene and a .22-caliber pistol. Charges were filed including murder, rape, aggravated sodomy, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

What information do readers have about the victims’ lives or about the neighborhood around Morris Avenue that could help piece together what happened?