On the night of May 25, 2019, 56-year-old Tony Sanford was shot and killed on Meadowbrook Drive in Augusta, Georgia. Richmond County sheriff’s deputies responding to reports of gunfire found Sanford with at least one gunshot wound; he was taken to a nearby hospital and later died of his injuries.

Investigators tied the killing to a long-running dispute between Sanford and 18-year-old Jaqwon Baker. Baker was arrested within days and booked into the Richmond County Jail, charged with Sanford’s murder. Authorities described the shooting as the result of that conflict rather than a random act; the specific cause of their dispute was not released.

The neighborhood was left grieving after the fatal escalation. If anyone knew Tony Sanford, his activities in the Meadowbrook Drive area, or has information about the dispute, please come forward to investigators.