Anthony Crosby Jr, a 25-year-old Black man from Bainbridge, was killed on November 4, 2021, when gunfire erupted on the 200 block of Sims Street at about 9 p.m. Officers responding to reports of shots fired found three people with gunshot wounds; Crosby and Destiny Young died and a third victim survived long enough to be taken to Memorial Hospital and later transferred out of the area for further treatment.

The scene was described as fast-moving and chaotic as Bainbridge Public Safety, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia State Patrol, and the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office worked the case. Investigators said the November 4 attack was followed by another shooting on November 10 near Sims and Powell Streets; that incident involved shots fired from a passing vehicle. Authorities announced arrest warrants tied to the violence and publicly warned that Donovan McCray should be considered armed and dangerous; McCray was reported taken into custody on November 30, 2021.

If anyone was in the Sims and Powell Streets area in early November 2021 or has information about those shootings, please share what was seen or heard.