On the morning of March 8, 2021, 21-year-old Jahnard Brooks was fatally shot inside a residence in the 900 block of McAfina Trail in Valdosta, Georgia. The shooting occurred about 10:26 a.m. A 20-year-old woman was also shot in a lower extremity, treated at a local hospital, and released. Emergency Medical Services pronounced Brooks dead at the scene.

Valdosta Police and detectives processed the scene and investigated the incident. Detectives identified 19-year-old Jarod Antwan Gordon Jr. as a suspect; he was arrested on March 17, 2021, and booked into the Lowndes County Jail. Charges brought include felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession or receiving stolen property. A Lowndes County Grand Jury indicted Gordon in August 2021 on felony murder, aggravated assault, and firearm possession counts.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember anything unusual around McAfina Trail that morning or who can provide additional information to investigators?