Kelvin James Barron, 30, was shot in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in the area of the 600 block of West 21st Avenue in Cordele, Georgia. Known to family and friends as KK, he was a father of three and a 2006 graduate of Crisp County High School. Officers found a residence struck by what appeared to be bullets; while they secured the scene, Cordele’s E911 center received word that a shooting victim had arrived at Crisp Regional Hospital. That victim was later identified as Barron and was pronounced deceased.

The Cordele Police Department, with assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, opened a homicide probe. Three people were arrested in connection with the case: 18-year-old Franekia West, charged with Murder and Aggravated Assault, and two men — 26-year-old Hykeem Dawson and 23-year-old Shaquille Jeffery — each charged with four counts of Aggravated Assault.

If anyone knew Kelvin James Barron, witnessed gunfire in that neighborhood that night, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.