Daquantavious Proctor, 19, was shot and killed in the parking lot of the McDonald’s on Peach Orchard Road in Augusta, Georgia on March 19, 2023. Richmond County deputies answered a call about the shooting at about 1:20 a.m. and found Proctor with at least one gunshot wound; first responders rendered aid but he died of his injuries.

Authorities sought two people in connection with the killing and later took 23-year-old Xavier Hatcher and 19-year-old Sameelya Grant into custody. Hatcher was charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Reporting on Grant’s specific charges was less detailed in the immediate aftermath.

What does anyone who knew Daquantavious or witnessed that night remember about events outside that McDonald’s?