Jonathan Turner, a 30-year-old Black man from Omega, Georgia, was shot and killed on the night of November 21, 2025, at the Citgo gas station on Alabama Avenue in Tift County. Omega police found Turner unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene and his body was sent to the Macon Crime Lab for autopsy. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called about 8:15 p.m. and documented the scene as a fatal shooting while collecting physical evidence and witness accounts.

Within days of the shooting the GBI announced the arrest of 19-year-old Justin Contreras of Omega; he was charged with malice murder, felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and booked into the Tift County Jail. Authorities have not released a detailed narrative of the sequence of events, any prior relationship between Contreras and Turner, or a clear motive. The family’s loss has been noted in local obituaries and public gun-violence memorials.

Anyone who was at the Citgo on November 21, 2025, or who has information about what happened that night is asked to contact the Omega Police Department, the GBI’s Sylvester regional office, or submit an anonymous tip.