In the late afternoon of September 17, 2022, 17-year-old Devoin Bates-Carrington of Pooler was found with gunshot wounds on the 1200 block of E. 71st Street in Savannah. Emergency crews took him to Memorial Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. Investigators with the Savannah Police Department determined the shooting was not random.

The probe identified two suspects, J.T. Sidney Deloach, 18, and Johnathan Yusef Hameed Abdullah. Deloach was located and arrested in Hinesville on November 2, 2022, and charged with murder and four counts of aggravated assault. Court filings say the shooting grew out of a drug deal that turned into a robbery; Deloach and Abdullah reportedly brought a gun to the transaction and a struggle ensued during which Deloach shot Bates-Carrington.

If anyone has information about Devoin’s movements that afternoon or the people involved, please share what you know.