On the night of December 22, 2020, at about 10:00 PM, Jayleon Cummings, age 20, was found shot to death while seated in the driver’s seat of a vehicle near Church and Leafland streets in Decatur, Illinois. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his head and chest and was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives recovered nearly 50 shell casings near the vehicle and say Cummings had been parked in the 200 block of West Leafland Avenue to retrieve a stash of firearms when the shooting occurred.

Investigators identified 25-year-old Tyreco S. Garry as a suspect. Garry was in custody on unrelated charges when police later recovered text messages from his iPhone that prosecutors say tied him to the scene, including a video of the victim’s car and a message shortly after the shooting saying, Hit made pick up! Garry pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and a pre-trial date was set. Anyone with information is asked to contact Decatur Police or Macon County Crime Stoppers.