On the evening of November 27, 2020, 19-year-old Morice Devone Shiggs was killed in a parking lot at the 111 South apartment complex on Rucker Lane in Statesboro, Georgia. A dispute over a marijuana transaction and alleged counterfeit money escalated into a shootout; officers arriving about 7:30 p.m. found Shiggs with a single gunshot wound to his side that entered his chest. First aid and CPR were attempted, but he died at the scene.

Investigators charged four men in connection with the shooting: Cecil Darryl Kelly, Anthony James Sea Jr., Ladarian Talik Golfin, and Immanuel Marquavis Hendrix. Prosecutors said Sea, believing he had been paid with counterfeit money, organized a search that resulted in a confrontation where at least 14 shots were fired from two different handguns; Hendrix was accused of firing the shot that killed Shiggs.

After a mistrial in June 2022, a September 2022 retrial produced verdicts: Sea and Hendrix were found guilty of felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; Golfin and Kelly were acquitted. Sea, then 29, and Hendrix, then 24, received life without parole for felony murder plus five consecutive years for the firearm charge. Does anyone have information about Shiggs’ movements or contacts in Statesboro on November 27, 2020?