Anthony Bowers, 21, was fatally shot on March 22, 2014, inside a car at the intersection of Old Bill Cook Road and Godby Road in south Fulton County, Georgia. Police found two victims in the vehicle; Bowers was pronounced dead at the scene and the other occupant, 21-year-old Demetrius Cosby, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
According to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, the shooting followed a drug deal that went wrong. Investigators say James Hightower, 42, approached the parked vehicle, Bowers handed him what was believed to be crack-cocaine, and Hightower then fired a 9mm handgun into the car. Bowers attempted to drive away but was struck multiple times, crashed into a tree, and was shot again; Cosby was left severely injured and became a paraplegic. Hightower was arrested and, in February 2016, convicted of Bowers’s murder along with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, receiving life plus 45 years.
Does anyone have additional information about Bowers, Cosby, or the events that night that could add context to what happened?