On the night of April 11, 2024, gunfire in McRae-Helena, Georgia, ended with a 33-year-old man dead behind the wheel. At about 1:20 a.m. police responded to reports of shots near East Magnolia Street and Daughtry Avenue and found a sport utility vehicle that had crashed through a fence at Oak Grove Cemetery. Montez Edronz McMillian, a McRae-Helena resident, was located inside the vehicle and had been shot near the intersection before the SUV entered the cemetery grounds.

The McRae-Helena Police Department asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to take the lead on the homicide probe. The GBI described the investigation as active and ongoing and has asked the public for any tips. No arrests have been reported and the case will be referred to the Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office when the inquiry is complete.

If anyone was in the area around East Magnolia Street and Daughtry Avenue that morning or has information that could help, please share what is known with investigators.