In the early morning hours of January 19, 2023, 47-year-old Ishmael Hassan Saleem of Macon, Georgia, was found unresponsive inside his Saturn Aura on the 2300 block of Lincoln Street after deputies responded to reports of a shooting just before 2:00 a.m. He had sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to Atrium Health, where he was pronounced deceased.

Family members described Saleem as the oldest of eight children, generous with his time and money, and well-loved by his family and local children. Funeral services were held January 28, 2023, at Bentley’s Chapel with burial at Lovejoy Cemetery. On March 14, 2024, arrest warrants for murder were served on 37-year-old Shaun Mills and 40-year-old Terrell Ugean Mills; both men were already in custody elsewhere and the process to extradite them to Bibb County was initiated.

If anyone knew Saleem or has information about the shooting on Lincoln Street, please come forward.