In the early morning hours of August 22, 2020, 34-year-old Lephillip Shantavious Wright was shot in the parking lot shared by Cowboys Bar and Grill and Smoke Crave on Lanier Drive in Statesboro, Georgia. Officers found Wright about 1:45 a.m. with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken by Bulloch County EMS to East Georgia Regional Medical Center and was later pronounced deceased.

Detectives interviewed witnesses and processed the scene, and investigators identified a suspect. Victor Boatwright, 25, of nearby Twin City, was taken into custody with assistance from the Emanuel County Sheriff’s Office and charged with one count of murder and one count of aggravated assault in connection with Wright’s death. Authorities said neither Wright nor Boatwright had any affiliation with Georgia Southern University.

Wright was from East Dublin, a father, and worked at Great Dane in Statesboro. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Lephillip Wright, please come forward with tips for investigators.