Da’Menica Meni Deshyan Roddy, 18, was fatally shot after an attack at a Chevron gas station on Highway 36 in Covington, Georgia. A recent graduate of Newton High School who planned to attend Savannah State University, she was in a vehicle with two male companions on the evening of July 21, 2024, when another car pulled up and an occupant or occupants opened fire. Her companions drove her to Piedmont Newton Hospital; she died of her injuries on July 22, 2024.

The Newton County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation into the shooting. Few other publicly shared details about the incident or motive have been released.

If anyone was at the Chevron on Highway 36 that night or has information about the vehicle involved, please share what is known with investigators.