Wanya Kevon Pringle, 23, was killed in a shooting after midnight on Monday, July 24, 2023, at The Pines Apartment Complex, 145 Priscilla D. Thomas Way, Garden City, Georgia. Officers found Pringle with multiple gunshot wounds after a 911 call about shots fired; he was given medical aid at the scene but was pronounced dead. A second person sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was later released from hospital care.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was asked to lead the death investigation and identified a suspect. On August 1, 2023, 20-year-old Jalon Alexander Jackson of Savannah was arrested and charged with murder and making false statements in connection with Pringle’s death. The investigation was described as active and ongoing and, when complete, is to be turned over to the Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for prosecution. A funeral service for Pringle was held August 12, 2023, at Adams Chapel.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Statesboro or the Garden City Police Department.