On the night of July 20, 2024, a burst of gunfire at a Marathon gas station on Napier Avenue in Macon, Georgia, ended the life of 23-year-old RaQuavian Smith. A Black male and father of three, Smith was struck during what authorities described as gang-related violence; his family says he was trying to turn his life around and was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Surveillance footage showed Joshua Teone Curry firing a fully automatic pistol at unidentified individuals while Nekoase Antwan Vinson brandished an AR-style rifle. Smith was taken by private vehicle to Navicent Hospital’s Emergency Room, where he died of his wounds. A search warrant executed on August 23, 2024 at a Roy Street residence connected to Vinson and Curry produced two pistols (one Glock .40 with an extended magazine and a switch, and a Sig Sauer .45), an AR-style rifle found in Curry’s vehicle, and Macon Mafia memorabilia including a large M4L medallion Vinson wore.

Vinson, a convicted felon, later pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and in May 2025 received a 107-month federal sentence; public reports state a man died in the shootout but do not specify whether Vinson, Curry, or anyone else has been charged with Smith’s murder. The investigation into his death remains open and his family continues to seek justice.

Did anyone see activity at the Napier Avenue gas station that night or recognize the people filmed on surveillance?