On the evening of February 19, 2021, 19-year-old Deandre Pitts of Irwinton, Georgia, was shot at a residence on Hartley Avenue in Warner Robins and later died at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon. Police were called about 8:11 p.m. after reports of a shooting. Pitts and two companions initially told officers that two masked men in black had entered through an open front door and opened fire while they were playing video games.

Investigators later concluded the account of intruders was false and determined an argument between Pitts and one companion, 20-year-old Gregory Tyshon Davis, escalated. Authorities arrested Davis on charges of murder and aggravated assault after developing evidence about the shooting. Family members said Pitts and Davis had been high school classmates and teammates on the basketball team.

If anyone was at the Hartley Avenue residence that night or has additional information about what led to the argument, please come forward.