Detri Nakee Reliford, 39, was shot in the head in the early morning of Friday, February 8, 2019, at a residence on Starlight Circle in Americus, Georgia. Emergency personnel treated her on scene; she was taken to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, then airlifted to a trauma center in Macon. She died at 5:25 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, 2019.

Authorities took 33-year-old Kenneth Lee Harvey of Americus into custody shortly before 10 a.m. the day of the shooting, at the Americus campus of Magnolia Manor. Harvey was initially charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; police indicated charges would be upgraded after Reliford’s death. The Americus Police Department, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Region III Americus office, and the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.

Reports say Harvey was Reliford’s ex-boyfriend and that the shooting occurred in front of her children. Reliford’s family later filed a lawsuit alleging the family had repeatedly asked the Americus Police Department for protection from Harvey and citing an incident on December 7, 2018, when Harvey entered Reliford’s home, took her cell phone, and refused to leave while responding officers did not remove him.

Did anyone in the Americus area have contact with Reliford or information about prior calls for help involving Harvey?