In the early morning hours of March 1, 2025, 45-year-old Yolanda Renee Epps was shot multiple times at the Cedarwood Apartments on Richmond Hill Road West in Augusta, Georgia. Richmond County sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of gunfire around 3 a.m.; Epps was taken to Wellstar MCG Health and pronounced dead at 6:44 a.m. An autopsy was scheduled.

Investigators arrested 26-year-old Keondra McBride, a resident of the same apartment complex, and charged her with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime. Authorities said the motive remained unclear in the immediate aftermath.

Epps was active in her church and local music groups and was originally from Bamberg, South Carolina, where she attended Bamberg Ehrhardt High School and later Denmark Technical College. Does anyone in the Augusta area have information about Epps, her activities at Cedarwood Apartments, or the events that night?