On April 16, 2024, Zephaniah Langston, 24, was killed after a dispute at the Pleezing Food Store on South Davis Drive in Warner Robins, Georgia. The argument began inside the convenience store and moved outside, where both Langston and 18-year-old Javon Charles drew firearms and exchanged shots. Langston was struck multiple times in the chest and leg and died shortly after being taken to a nearby hospital.

Charles was also shot twice, fled the scene, and collapsed a short distance away before being taken to a medical center. Investigators matched bullets removed from Charles to a handgun Langston had fired. The Warner Robins Police Department opened an investigation into the shooting.

What remains unclear in the immediate aftermath is the sequence of events that led each man to draw a weapon and how the confrontation escalated so rapidly. If anyone witnessed the argument inside the store or the shooting outside, please share what was seen or heard with investigators.