Devontae Tennyson, 25, was shot and killed after an altercation outside the Midtown Daiquiri Bar & Grill on Log Cabin Drive in Macon, Georgia, in the late hours of a Wednesday in June 2020. Witnesses said the dispute began inside with private security and moved into the parking lot. Tennyson was seen go to his vehicle holding an AR-15; accounts say he did not raise it in a threatening manner. A 24-year-old security guard, Donavon Scott-Sinclair, confronted him and then fired multiple times, striking Tennyson in the chest, stomach, and side. Tennyson was taken to a medical center and pronounced dead just after midnight on June 18, 2020.

Investigators later concluded Tennyson did not fire his weapon. Scott-Sinclair was arrested and charged with murder and initially held without bond; he was moved to a different facility because his father worked as a Bibb County deputy. A grand jury later declined to indict Scott-Sinclair, with the District Attorney’s office saying there was insufficient evidence to return an indictment, leaving the family without a criminal trial.