On the night of September 16, 2023, Kendrez Raashun Mayweather, 29, was fatally shot at a gathering in the Sanders Quarters area of Sparta, Georgia. He was described as an innocent bystander and the father of a young child; investigators say an argument between two women escalated, involved two men, and spilled over to a second location where gunfire erupted from multiple directions. Mayweather was struck during the chaos and there was no evidence he was involved in the initial dispute or the intended target.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified Laterious Deshawn Womble, 17 at the time of the shooting, as the person responsible; a grand jury returned indictments including malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and firearm charges. The community held a Celebration of Life Service at Warren Chapel AME Church in Sparta a week after his death.

Did anyone who attended either gathering or who knew Kendrez see or hear anything that could clarify how the shooting started?