On the evening of September 19, 2022, gunfire erupted on Williams Street in Swainsboro, Georgia after a heated altercation escalated into a shoot-out. Nineteen-year-old Eric Foreman Jr., known to family as E.J., was found on the edge of the roadway with a single gunshot wound to his back. Police performed CPR and he was taken to Emanuel Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 7:00 p.m. Eric had graduated from Metter High School earlier that year; his family remembers him as funny and sweet-hearted.The exchange involved multiple shooters and wounded three other men.

Derrick Smiley suffered a severe fractured leg from a gunshot, Justin Canady was shot in the lower abdomen, and Jamal Jenkins fled but needed treatment for significant blood loss. Investigators recovered at least 17 spent rounds from three different caliber weapons. Authorities say the shooting may be connected to gang activity and possibly narcotics, and a person of interest has been identified, but no arrests have been announced.

Does anyone have information about what led up to the altercation or who was involved?