Brianna Long was 21 and a Valdosta State University student studying to become a dental hygienist when she was killed on the night of October 29, 2023. Long was working as a bartender closing The Pier Bar in Remerton, Georgia, when gunfire erupted outside and a stray bullet penetrated the establishment, fatally striking her. A male employee was also wounded and later recovered.

Investigators say Long was not the intended target. Authorities believe the shooters were in the area looking for another person tied to an ongoing gang dispute, and that the attack was connected to that conflict. In February 2025 two men from Lowndes County, 23-year-old Tsion Clayton and 21-year-old Kimone Green, were charged with malice murder in connection with her death; both were already in custody on unrelated matters at that time. In March 2025 a broader 44-count racketeering indictment named Clayton and Green among seven people accused of belonging to an alleged gang called 528, which prosecutors link to multiple violent crimes in the Valdosta area.

If anyone knew Brianna, worked at The Pier Bar, or has information about the shooting or the alleged gang activity, please share what is known with investigators.