James L. Watson Griffin, a 32-year-old Black man from Savannah, was shot on July 6, 2011, in the 1700 block of LeGrand Street. Police were called about 2 p.m. and found him inside his car with life-threatening injuries. He was taken to hospital but did not survive.

The killing remained unresolved for years and was described as a case that hung over the city. Nearly six years after the shooting, Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police announced violent crimes detectives had arrested Basheen Hills, then 24, and charged him in Griffin’s murder. Hills is the only person publicly identified in connection with the case; available materials do not clearly state any later court outcome.

If anyone knew James Griffin, saw activity in the 1700 block of LeGrand Street that afternoon, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.