Late on Thursday, September 21, 2023, multiple gunshots were reported in the 1000 block of Tulip Avenue in Cordele, Georgia. Responding Cordele Police officers were directed to a residence and found 19-year-old Rondarrius Wedges inside a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical personnel attempted to save him, but Wedges died at the scene.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation joined the Cordele Police Department’s Criminal Investigative Division. Investigators conducted numerous interviews, executed search warrants and canvassed the neighborhood. A suspect was identified and, on Thursday, March 28, 2024, 21-year-old Lee Savage III was arrested while already in the Crisp County Jail on unrelated charges; he faces Felony Murder and Aggravated Assault. The District Attorney of the Cordele Judicial Circuit is prosecuting the case and the investigation remains active.

Does anyone in Cordele have information about the shooting or saw activity in the 1000 block of Tulip Avenue on the night of September 21, 2023?