Dontavious Jamar Rutland was 25 when he was fatally shot during a home invasion at his Covey Street residence in Sylvester, Georgia, on November 30, 2016. He was taken to a local hospital but died of his injuries; before he passed he reportedly told police that a man with a shotgun had attacked him.

The Sylvester Police Department investigated and arrested three people in connection with the incident: 21-year-old Nelson Hamilton, 18-year-old Eric Brown, and Javiel Toomer. All three were slated to be charged with Rutland’s murder. The case left a community confronting the loss of a young man in a violent home invasion.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Rutland, please share what you know with investigators.