On the night of his high school prom, 16-year-old Daryus Bryant was killed in a drive‑by shooting while stopped at a red light in Columbus, Georgia. A junior at Manchester High School, he was a standout athlete in football, basketball and high jump and had already attracted college interest. The Meriwether County School System called him an exceptional young man who excelled in athletics and academics.

Shortly before midnight on April 20, 2024, a third vehicle drove past two cars carrying students near Macon and Lake Shore roads and someone inside opened fire. Daryus and a classmate, Clarence Flavors, were struck. Flavors survived and was taken into surgery; Daryus was pronounced dead at 12:53 a.m., about a week before his 17th birthday. His father publicly appealed for information and later offered a $20,000 reward.

Local authorities later identified and charged suspects from the Manchester and Talbot County area; the investigation and prosecution moved forward. Does anyone have information about that night or about Daryus’s life in the community that could help shed light on what happened?