James Neeley Dukes was 59 when he was shot to death in the spring of 2019. The shooting occurred on the 2500 block of Cascade Drive on the night of Thursday, April 4 or in the early hours of Friday, April 5. Deputies from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and the coroner responded; Dukes was found with at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at 1:30 a.m. on April 5.

Dukes was a native of Augusta, a Black man employed by Morgan Thermal Ceramics, a husband and a father to three daughters. His death was ruled a homicide and became the subject of an investigation by Richmond County authorities.

If anyone knew James Dukes, his whereabouts that night, or has information about the shooting on Cascade Drive, please come forward.