A late-night shooting on Fort Hill Street in Macon claimed the life of 23-year-old Darius Deonta Grayer. He was found with a gunshot wound late on Thursday night, July 29, 2021, in the 1200 block of Fort Hill Street and was taken to a local hospital. Grayer died of his injuries a few days later on Sunday, August 1, 2021.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation. In the days and weeks after the shooting, authorities asked the public for help, but no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported and no motive or clear circumstances leading up to the shooting have been released. The investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or about Darius Grayer’s movements in Macon in late July 2021, please come forward to investigators.