Alonzo Cortez was 22 and from Moultrie, Georgia when he was struck in the head by a bullet just after midnight on January 1, 2017. He had been outside a home on Yates Lane with friends and relatives at a New Year’s gathering when a round fired into the air descended and fatally wounded him. The projectile was recovered and an autopsy was performed.

News coverage at the time did not identify a named shooter, an arrest, or any charges related to Cortez’s death. If anyone knew Alonzo, was at that gathering, or has information about where the fatal shot originated, please come forward with what you know.