In the early evening of March 29, 2023, 37-year-old Christopher Matthew Rachalla was fatally shot at the Brookhaven Townhouses on Brookhaven Road in Macon, Georgia after intervening to break up a domestic dispute. Deputies were initially dispatched for a domestic call just after 6:30 p.m.; the call was upgraded to a person shot while they were en route. Officers found Rachalla unresponsive with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say Rachalla, a resident of the complex, stepped in during an argument between 32-year-old Keywan Gerold Capers and his girlfriend. After Rachalla escorted the woman to a nearby apartment, Capers allegedly shot Rachalla multiple times and then took Rachalla’s own gun from its holster before fleeing in the woman’s vehicle. Deputies, with assistance from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, stopped the vehicle shortly afterward and arrested Capers. He was charged with aggravated assault and murder and held without bond.

Rachalla had served five years with the Reynolds Police Department, was named Officer of the Year four times, and was a father of four. Does anyone who knew Christopher or who was at the Brookhaven Townhouses that evening have information to share?