James Edward Stewart Jr., known to family as EJ, was 30 when he died on June 6, 2014, in Hinesville, Georgia, after being shot in the head with a pellet air rifle. The medical examiner ruled the pellet wound to his brain the cause of death. The shooting followed a week of escalating conflict with Marquana Adele Jasper; Stewart had been arrested for criminal trespass a week earlier after being warned to stay away from Jasper’s property.

On the day of the shooting Jasper pursued Stewart in her Chevrolet Tahoe while her children were in the back seat. She exited her vehicle, assaulted Stewart, then retrieved a Ruger 117 pellet air rifle and fired. Stewart was later found in a ditch on Highway 196, airlifted to a hospital, and later died. Jasper was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and murder. The jury convicted her and she received life with the possibility of parole. Stewart’s sister Natasha testified at sentencing about the family’s loss.

Are there readers who remember the events on Elim Church Road or Highway 196 and can share information that might shed light on the moments before the shooting?