On the late afternoon of January 29, 2024, 33-year-old Brendan Rashad Burns, a Black man, was shot and killed in the parking lot of a car wash near West 17th Street and South Central Avenue in Tifton, Georgia. The shooting happened about 5:30 p.m. while Burns was inside his vehicle; a man reportedly approached from behind and opened fire. Burns died at the scene.

The Tifton Police Department, with assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, identified a suspect who was found at Tift Regional Hospital with a gunshot wound. The suspect, 34-year-old Xavier Sean Ross of Tifton, was arrested after treatment and charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Stray bullets from the shooting struck other vehicles, and one round hit the door of a passing car inches from a 2-year-old secured in a car seat.

Who has information about Brendan Burns, his movements that afternoon, or the events at the car wash that could help investigators or family members?