Tarus Fair, 24, was fatally shot on March 19, 2016, in south Macon after a dispute that began as a verbal argument. The confrontation took place off Cynthia Avenue and involved an altercation between Quintavious Hutchings and Tony Ellis that escalated into a physical fight; both men reportedly produced firearms and began shooting. Fair was struck by gunfire and did not survive.

A Bibb County grand jury indicted Quintavious Hutchings in June 2016 on a charge of felony murder in connection with Fair’s death. Funeral services for Tarus L. Fair were held March 25, 2016, at Antioch Baptist Church, and he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Cynthia Avenue or has information about the events that day, please come forward to help clarify what happened.