A late-night shooting in a Brunswick restaurant parking lot left 23-year-old Bryan Espinoza dead. At about 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 12, 2026, a single gunshot was heard in the parking lot of The Jerk Shack on Altama Avenue. Officers who were clearing the lot after the restaurant closed discovered Espinoza and he was pronounced deceased at the scene.

A suspect who remained at the location was taken into custody shortly afterward. Gary Abray, 29, of Brunswick, was booked into the Glynn County Jail and faces multiple charges including murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and discharging a gun near a public highway. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to assist and the investigation is active.

The community is mourning; Espinoza’s family has scheduled a visitation and funeral Mass. If anyone has information about the shooting, please contact investigators. Who saw or heard anything that night in the Altama Avenue area?