Percy Luther Johnson, 31, traveled from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Augusta for Father’s Day weekend and was shot on the 700 block of Broad Street in downtown Augusta in the early hours of June 19, 2022. He was taken by EMS to Augusta University Medical Center and Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen pronounced him dead at 2:43 a.m. Reports said Johnson had spent part of the evening out enjoying himself before the shooting.

Witness accounts described confusion and violence at the scene and local reporting noted a fight was happening around the time of the shooting, but it was not clear whether Johnson was involved in that altercation or was caught in the chaos. An autopsy was scheduled.

If anyone was in downtown Augusta on the night of June 18–19 and saw what happened on Broad Street or knows more about Percy’s final hours, please come forward with information.