A family gathering on Pansy Avenue in Macon, Georgia, turned deadly on the afternoon of February 4, 2017. Fifty-seven-year-old Robert Cummings III and 47-year-old Oscar Freeman Jr. were drinking at the grandfather’s home when an argument escalated into a scuffle; a witness separated the men after they grabbed each other’s shirts.

Cummings fled but was arrested at his home hours later and charged in connection with the killing. A grand jury returned indictments in April 2017. In February 2019, Cummings pleaded guilty to a murder charge and received a life sentence with a minimum of 30 years before parole eligibility. Anyone who knew either man or was at the gathering and can add details is asked to share what they remember.