Deontre Mincey, 30, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Saturday, October 25, 2025, in the parking lot of a commercial strip on Lanier Drive in Statesboro that includes a bar and a smoke shop. Officers arrived shortly after 1 a.m. and found Mincey deceased from a gunshot wound. Another adult male suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his arm and was taken to East Georgia Regional Medical Center.

Initial witness cooperation was limited; although video shows numerous people in the area, no one remained at the scene to speak with police. Investigators relied on video surveillance, Flock tag reader data, forensic evidence, and interviews to reconstruct the events. Detectives identified a primary suspect quickly, and an arrest warrant was issued for 21-year-old Khalir Nickens of Sylvania, Georgia. A second individual, Timothy Odell Ward, was also identified as being involved.

Does anyone have information about Deontre Mincey, the events that night, or the people who were in that parking lot?