In the early morning hours of June 4, 2022, gunfire in a quiet Guyton, Georgia neighborhood ended the life of 54-year-old Anthony Thomas Best. Best, an African American man and an off-duty correctional officer at the Effingham County Correctional Institution, was found in the driveway of his Brogdon Road home with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Effingham County Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation led the homicide probe with assistance from the Guyton Police Department and the Georgia Department of Corrections Office of Professional Standards. Friends, neighbors and colleagues remember Best as a kind, hardworking man who was active in his church and respected in his community. Investigators described the killing as an isolated incident but have not publicly identified suspects or announced any arrests.

Anyone with information that could help bring justice in Anthony Thomas Best’s death is asked to contact investigators. What can readers add about that neighborhood or that night?