On September 11, 2024, 31-year-old Tevin James Wright, a Black man, was found dead in the driver’s seat of his car on Cotton Street in Lumpkin, Georgia. The discovery was first reported as a car accident, but officers from the Lumpkin Police Department determined Wright had suffered fatal gunshot wounds, and the incident was treated as a homicide.

The Lumpkin Police Department asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to lead the inquiry. Investigators appealed to the public for information as they worked to reconstruct the events that led to Wright’s death; community cooperation has been described as important to the investigation.

If anyone has information about Tevin Wright’s death or saw suspicious activity on Cotton Street on or around September 11, 2024, please contact the GBI or local law enforcement.