In the early morning of April 24, 2016, 35-year-old Tarik Rasheen Bentley was found dead inside a home in the 1900 block of East DeRenne Avenue in Savannah, Georgia. Responding officers discovered he had suffered a fatal gunshot wound; the residence was secured as a crime scene and detectives opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators pursued leads for weeks, at one point offering a cash reward for information. Federal and local resources, including the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department K9 unit and the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force of the U.S. Marshals Service, were involved in the probe. On May 19, 2016, police arrested 25-year-old Kiwani Khalif Patterson and charged him in connection with Bentley’s killing.

Anyone with information about Tarik Bentley, his movements in April 2016, or the events at the East DeRenne Avenue residence is asked to come forward.