On June 23, 2026, Alexis Hill, 44, was shot and killed while working as a manager at a Dollar General in Columbus, Georgia. The shooting occurred during a transaction for a $1.58 package of hamburger buns after a customer, identified as 33-year-old Jerome Marquis Willis, handed her two crumpled dollar bills. Surveillance video captured Willis pulling a gun and fatally shooting Hill; she was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 10:46 a.m.

Police located Willis about an hour later in the parking lot of a former elementary school just over a mile from the store. When officers confronted him he failed to follow commands, fired at a police K-9 named Havoc and pointed his weapon at officers. Officers returned fire, striking Willis several times; he was pronounced dead at the scene. An officer received a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was released from the hospital. The K-9 was seriously injured and survived surgery. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the inquiry and found no known prior connection between Hill and Willis.

Hill was a mother of three and grandmother of two, remembered by family and friends as kind and generous. Does anyone who knew Alexis or worked at that store have additional information that could shed light on the morning of June 23?