On the evening of January 20, 2020, a resident at 771 Oak Hill Court in North Macon found 37-year-old Michael Alvin Lewis lying on the front lawn with multiple gunshot wounds. Neighbors called 911 but Lewis, a chef at several downtown Macon restaurants who enjoyed the local music scene, was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting was Macon-Bibb County’s first homicide of 2020.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation and identified 27-year-old Quinterious Javon Byrd of Macon as a person of interest they wanted to question, releasing his photograph and saying he was known to frequent east Macon. Michael’s father, Alvin Lewis, has said he fears the case has gone cold and believes witnesses may be staying silent, though the Sheriff’s Office has stated the investigation is ongoing.

Did anyone in the North Macon or downtown restaurant community see or hear anything on the night of January 20, 2020?