John Trivonne Deondre Cherry was 32 when he was found behind the Blakewood Apartments on East Olliff Street in Statesboro, Georgia, late on the evening of January 28, 2021. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds; police received the call at 7:41 p.m. He was at the complex for an informal social gathering and cookout and was not a resident there.

The investigation led to three arrests in February 2021. Eliza John Boyd, 32, was arrested February 10 and charged with murder. Justin Deondre Bailey, 26, was arrested February 17 in Chatham County on murder, aggravated assault with a gun, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Richard Bernard Frazier, 21, was arrested February 22 and charged with murder as a party to the crime. All three were booked into the Bulloch County Jail.

Authorities said the shooting may have grown out of a conflict earlier that day and did not appear to be gang-related. Many people reportedly fled the scene and the family asked witnesses to come forward. Does anyone who was in that area that night have information that could help investigators?