On the evening of June 25, 2015, 34-year-old Jamon Epps was killed in a shootout in a Chatham County parking area in Savannah. Epps was driving a black SUV with Lawrence Bernard Hughes, Jr. and others as passengers when gunfire erupted with unidentified individuals. A bullet struck Epps in the back of the neck, killing him. The SUV was found the following day at The Ponderosa Apartments.

That car was later located abandoned; blood on the steering wheel and driver’s door matched Hughes.

Authorities arrested Hughes in January 2016 and he was indicted on multiple counts, including felony murder, aggravated assault, hijacking a motor vehicle, armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A jury trial in September 2018 acquitted him of one count of felony murder and the underlying aggravated assault charge but convicted him on remaining counts, including a felony murder count predicated on possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, resulting in a life sentence without parole for murder and armed robbery plus additional time for other convictions. Does anyone have information about the June 25, 2015 shooting or the people present that evening?