Nineteen-year-old James Knight of Griffin was shot and killed the evening of July 16, 2022, outside a residence on Patton Road in Pike County, Georgia. Authorities described the killing as a targeted act of violence connected to an illicit drug transaction.

Investigators identified multiple suspects in the days afterward. Eighteen-year-old Jaiden Chappell was arrested the day after the shooting on a murder warrant and later had additional charges added, including armed robbery, use of a telecommunication device to facilitate a crime, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and making false statements to law enforcement. A 14-year-old juvenile was charged as a party to the crime of felony murder. Nineteen-year-old Antonio Murgado Jr. was also arrested; the U.S. Marshals Service took him into custody in Fayette County and an officer-involved shooting occurred during that attempt. At the time of Knight’s death, Murgado was reportedly out on bond on unrelated charges in other counties.

Anyone with information about James Knight, the July 16, 2022 shooting, or the people involved is asked to come forward.