Tymarkus Dashawn Starkes was 20 when he was shot and killed on the night of October 15, 2022, in the 1900 block of Old Savannah Road in Augusta, Georgia. Deputies found Starkes, a Hephzibah resident, suffering from at least one gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead about an hour after being discovered. The shooting was one of two homicides in Richmond County that weekend.

Starkes was remembered by friends and family as funny, caring, and hardworking. He graduated from Cross Creek High School and Spirit Creek Middle School and was employed at FPL Foods. In the weeks after the killing, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office continued investigating and on November 8, 2022, arrested 22-year-old Lamar Jaquez Jones of Augusta, charging him with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime; investigators said the probe remained ongoing.

If anyone knew Tymarkus or has information about the October 15 shooting, please come forward.