Shortly after 911 calls on the night of Friday, April 12, 2024, officers in Fitzgerald, Georgia, responded to shots fired on East Pine Street and found 33-year-old Terrance Shelton suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Shelton, a Black male resident of the community, was transported to a local hospital in critical condition but died of his injuries at about 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2024.

The Fitzgerald Police Department asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to assist with the active probe. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The case file will be turned over to the Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office when the investigation is complete.

If anyone has information about the shooting on East Pine Street that night, please contact the GBI Regional Investigative Field Office in Perry or the Fitzgerald Police Department; anonymous tips are being accepted.