Daylon Kimini Thomas was 18 when he was fatally shot outside the Heritage Square Apartments on White Bluff Road in Savannah. The shooting occurred late on Sunday, June 11, 2017; calls reporting gunfire came in at about 11:50 p.m. Officers who arrived found Thomas with life-threatening injuries, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department detectives said early in the investigation they were pursuing several leads and did not believe the shooting was random. Anyone with information about what happened that night is asked to contact authorities.