Dustin Ryan Bowen, 34, was shot and killed at a residence on Broxton West Green Highway in Coffee County, Georgia, on the evening of Sunday, June 7, 2026. Deputies found Bowen with multiple gunshot wounds; he did not survive. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to assist the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office and investigators concluded the shooting arose from a dispute involving a dog.

Within days authorities arrested three people from Douglas, Georgia, in connection with Bowen’s death: 24-year-old Breanalee Nichole Lollie, 18-year-old Raymond Ressler, and a 16-year-old juvenile. The juvenile faces charges of Murder and Aggravated Assault; Lollie is charged as Party to the Crime of Murder; Ressler is charged with Aggravated Assault. Lollie and Ressler were booked into the Coffee County Jail, and the juvenile was taken to a Regional Youth Detention Center. The case has been forwarded to the Waycross District Attorney’s Office for review.

What did neighbors or others in Coffee County see or hear the night of June 7 that might help clarify how a dispute over a dog escalated to deadly violence?