Demarious Shamonte Brown, 31, was shot and killed in his Macon, Georgia apartment on the morning of Saturday, July 13, 2024. Deputies responded to a 911 call at about 9:51 a.m. at the Grey Parc apartments on Gray Highway; the Chief Deputy Coroner pronounced him dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.

Brown’s girlfriend, who was present, said an argument occurred at the apartment door just before the shot and that she did not recognize the voice of the person at the door. Investigators released doorbell camera footage showing a man entering Brown’s apartment around 9:40 p.m. and leaving about seven minutes later; that man is considered a suspect and the sheriff’s office has asked the public for help identifying him.

Brown, known to loved ones as Mario, was a father to a young son, graduated from Northeast High School in 2009, studied Aircraft Sheet Metal at Central Georgia Technical College, and had launched a clothing line called Well Connected. His family is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Anyone who knew Demarious or who recognizes the person in the doorbell footage is asked to come forward with information.