Frank Thompson Jr., a 27-year-old Black man from Augusta, Georgia, was shot on the night of January 14, 2018, at Richmond Villa Apartments off Windsor Spring Road and later died at a hospital. His death was recorded in an obituary and gun-violence records, marking it as one of Augusta’s fatal shootings at the start of that year.

Authorities made contact with 30-year-old Desmond Baskett of Hephzibah during the investigation. Baskett was arrested on January 15, 2018, and booked into the Richmond County Jail on drug and firearm charges: sale of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of alprazolam, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Did anyone in the area have contact with Thompson or observe activity at Richmond Villa Apartments that night?