A middle school graduation party in Fort Valley, Georgia, on the late evening of Sunday, May 26, 2024, ended in gunfire that killed 31-year-old father of three Micah McCant. The gathering at the Royal Townhomes had swollen to about 30 teenagers when a group of uninvited people arrived and a physical fight broke out. Adults, including McCant, moved to intervene and break up the altercation; during the chaos someone opened fire. McCant was struck, taken to a nearby hospital, and died that same night. Another adult was shot and survived.

Fort Valley Police identified 36-year-old Dexter Oliver of Fort Valley as the suspected shooter and located and arrested him the following Wednesday; he has been charged with McCant’s murder. Investigators say the shooter appears to have been an adult who was a parent of one of the juveniles involved in the original fight.

If anyone was at the Royal Townhomes that night or has information about the fight and the shooting, please come forward.