Karl Wayne Styles, known as Lil Pete or Loko, was fatally wounded in a shooting in Americus, Georgia, on the evening of Thursday, October 13, 2022, and died at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany on Friday, October 14, 2022 — one day before his nineteenth birthday. A 2022 graduate of Americus-Sumter County High School, he worked at a local Popeye’s and had plans to attend college and start a clothing line.

Investigators identified a suspect quickly; a 14-year-old juvenile was taken into custody and charged with murder. Details about the circumstances of the shooting and any motive have not been widely released. The community remembers Styles as sweet and well loved.

If anyone in Americus had information about Karl’s last movements or the shooting, please come forward and share what you know.