An 8-year-old boy, Jermarrion Cherry, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Warner Robins, Georgia. On the evening of March 25, 2022, Jermarrion was sitting in a parked car with other children outside a home on Virginia Dare Drive when another car drove by and multiple shots were fired into the vehicle. Jermarrion was struck in the head, taken first to a hospital in Macon and then airlifted to Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital in Atlanta, where he died on March 28, 2022.

His mother said he had shielded another child during the shooting. Five people were arrested and charged with murder in connection with his death: Bryce Michael Crosby, 20; Lenny Victor Gupton Jr., 19; Ricky Aubry McChargue, 21; Chase Jeffrey Watson, 20; and Savannah McGahee, 17. No motive was released.

If anyone has information about that night on Virginia Dare Drive, please come forward to help Jermarrion’s family.