Ernest Isaiah Hemphill, a 51-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in Macon, Georgia, in the early hours of March 24, 2021. Deputies were called just after midnight to the Advance Auto Parts parking lot at 3230 Mercer University Drive and found Hemphill unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body. He was taken to Atrium Health Navicent and later pronounced dead.

As reported publicly, investigators had not released details about a motive, a confrontation, or any suspect or suspects in the shooting. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones identified Hemphill two days later and said officials had not yet located his family. Authorities asked anyone with information to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers.

If anyone saw anything in that parking lot around midnight on March 24, 2021, or has information about Hemphill’s death, please share what is known with investigators.