A routine store transaction in Macon turned deadly when a dispute over a cigar ended in gunfire. Sixty-four-year-old Robert Pleasant III was working as a clerk at Gary’s Shop and Save on a Sunday in April 2024 when he refused to sell a cigar to 25-year-old Edwardo Eugene Bigelow, Jr. because Bigelow couldn’t produce identification. The refusal led to a heated argument; Bigelow left to get a firearm from his car, returned to the store, and shot Pleasant.

Pleasant was taken to a local hospital but died of his injuries on Monday, April 15, 2024. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation and later arrested Edwardo Eugene Bigelow, Jr. Authorities have asked anyone with information to contact the Bibb Sheriff’s Office or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers.

If anyone was at Gary’s Shop and Save that day or has video or other information about the confrontation, please share what is known with investigators.