Akhtar Perveez, 55, known locally as Oscar, was shot to death during a robbery at his business, the Eldorado Food Mart on Highway 41 in Tifton, Georgia, on July 30, 2018. The Tift County Sheriff’s Office called in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and a GBI medical examiner ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wound.

Investigators identified three suspects and secured warrants on August 16, 2018, for Caleb Day, 21; Nathaniel Day, 21; and Alexis Naomi McCrary, 21. Nathaniel Day was already jailed in Ben Hill County on an unrelated armed robbery charge. McCrary surrendered to Tift County authorities on August 20, and Caleb Day was arrested in Adel on August 22 and transferred to Tift County.

Legal developments reported through early 2021 include Nathaniel Day pleading guilty to felony murder on October 28, 2019, and receiving life with the possibility of parole; Caleb Day was convicted at a December 2020 bench trial of malice murder, felony murder, and armed robbery and was sentenced February 16, 2021, to two consecutive life sentences. The case against Alexis McCrary remained pending as of early 2021.

Did anyone in Tifton have information about Perveez, his store, or what was seen around Highway 41 that afternoon?