Sergeant Charles Thomas Hammock, 53, a 31-year veteran of the Augusta Police Department, was fatally shot on December 18, 1990, after a confrontation that began in a fast-food restaurant parking lot. After finishing a special duty shift at a basketball game, he asked a group of young men to lower the volume of their car stereo. The men followed him to his home, and as he exited his vehicle one of the men blocked his path and shot him once in the chest. The perpetrators fled the scene.

Three suspects were arrested in connection with the killing. Two were tried and convicted of murder and given life sentences; a third defendant was tried and acquitted. If anyone knew Sergeant Hammock, saw the incident that night, or has additional information about what happened, please come forward.