On November 7, 2019, 30-year-old Shakema Dickson was shot in her Pio Nono Circle home in Macon, Georgia. Her 2-year-old daughter was also struck; both were taken to a nearby medical center and Dickson died shortly after 3 p.m. Detectives say Dickson appeared to have been shielding her child when the fatal shots hit. The child survived but was critically injured.

Investigators reported an argument inside the home before the shooting. A 19-year-old man, Darrell Dexter Solomon, was seen fleeing and later turned himself in; after questioning he was not identified as the shooter. Evidence indicated two firearms had been fired during the incident, and the fatal shots came from the other gunman’s weapon. Surveillance showed a man in a gray hooded sweatshirt and black pants near the home around the time of the shooting; he became a person of interest.

On January 30, 2020, authorities arrested 21-year-old Austin Sharrod Mason in connection with the case and charged him with Malice Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Cruelty to Children in the First Degree. Does anyone have information about the gray-hooded man seen near the home or about the events that evening?