On the morning of Saturday, May 5, 2018, police in Cordele, Georgia, responded to a shooting in the 400-block of East 21st Ave. Inside the home officers found two victims: 31-year-old Shawna Ware was dead at the scene, and 33-year-old Sheena Jones was critically wounded and taken first to Crisp Regional Hospital and later to the Medical Center, Navicent Health in Macon.

Investigators identified James Lonnie Smith as the suspect. After the shooting Smith fled; law enforcement tracked him to the Scottish Inn in Perry, Georgia. In the early hours of Sunday, May 6, a Houston County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team executed a search warrant at his motel room. Smith fired at officers, striking their ballistic shields several times, and officers returned fire. After a brief standoff, Smith was taken into custody without injury.

The case includes multiple homicide and aggravated assault charges against Smith and states that two separate handguns were used in the shootings. Does anyone have information about Shawna Ware or the neighborhood on East 21st Ave that could help fill gaps in the timeline?