Ladarius Blanks was 18 when he was fatally shot in Cordele, Georgia, on June 19, 2025. The shooting happened just before 7 p.m. in the 700 block of South 12th Street and also wounded two juveniles; one was taken to Crisp Regional Hospital and the other suffered nonlife-threatening injuries.

The Cordele Police Department called in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to process the scene and both local and state authorities opened an inquiry. Officials have released few details, and no suspects have been publicly identified or arrested in connection with Blanks’s death as of this writing.

Anyone who was in the area that evening or who has information that could help investigators is asked to come forward.