In the predawn hours of February 22, 2026, 25-year-old Charleston Burnett was killed on Moseley Avenue in Macon, Georgia, during a burst of gunfire that also killed two other men, 25-year-old Jordan Gardner and 26-year-old Willie Cain. Deputies arrived around 3:30 a.m. to a chaotic scene with a large crowd running and screaming. Burnett had previously been grazed by a stray bullet on the same street at age 13.

In the days after the shooting, 20-year-old Julius Milner was identified as a person of interest, taken into custody, and charged with three counts of murder and five counts of aggravated assault; he was booked into the Bibb County Jail and is being held without bond. Burnett, known to some as Brother, was born in Macon on July 9, 2000, attended Bibb County schools, earned a GED, worked for local businesses before becoming self-employed, and leaves behind a young son.

The community has mourned and held meetings to voice support for those affected and to seek solutions to the recent wave of violence. If anyone knew Charleston, his routines, or was at the scene that night, please come forward with any information.