On June 14, 2020, at about 10:37 p.m., 24-year-old Tommy TJ Simmons Jr. was found with gunshot wounds in the 500 block of Hudson Street in Valdosta, Georgia. Officers and Emergency Medical Services transported him to South Georgia Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The Valdosta Police Department treated the incident as a homicide and crime scene personnel from the Valdosta Lowndes Regional Crime Laboratory assisted in the investigation.

Detectives identified two suspects, Ivanson Xavier Davis (also referred to as Ivan Xavier Davis) and Michael Jermaine Evans. Arrest warrants were issued June 15, 2020; Davis was wanted for felony murder and Evans was charged as a party to the crime of felony murder. Davis was arrested September 10, 2020, after a search warrant was executed in the 4800 block of Bemiss Road. Evans later surrendered on the outstanding warrant in July 2021.

Davis was tried by a jury in 2022 and convicted of felony murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; he received life without parole for the murder and an additional 15 years for the firearm convictions. The case against Michael Jermaine Evans remained open. If anyone has information about Tommy Simmons or the events that night, please share what is known.