On the night of Monday, March 8, 2021, 28-year-old Shelby Rhymes was shot and killed in the 100 block of West Circle in Camilla, Georgia. Camilla Police responded about 10:26 p.m. and called the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in to assist.

A 27-year-old man, Marquerius Johnson, who was known to the victim, was taken into custody at the scene. After interviews with GBI agents and Camilla Police, Johnson was charged with murder and booked into the Mitchell County Jail; authorities said additional charges were expected. An autopsy was scheduled at the GBI Crime Lab to document Rhymes’s injuries.

The investigation remained active and ongoing in the days after the shooting. If anyone has information about Shelby Rhymes, her movements that night, or the people involved, please share what is known with investigators.