On Saturday morning, December 21, 2024, a shooting at a residence on Highway 46 near Waters Cemetery Road in Statesboro, Georgia, left 17-year-old Johnny Lairscy dead. Johnny, a Southeast Bulloch High School student who played football wearing number 93 and enjoyed hunting and fishing, and his father Jarrell Lairscy Sr. were found outside the home with gunshot wounds and taken to East Georgia Regional Medical Center. Johnny was pronounced dead; his father was later transferred to Memorial Medical Center in Savannah for further treatment.

Investigators arrested Johnny’s 15-year-old brother, Jarrell Lairscy Jr., at the scene. The Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office announced the younger brother would be charged as an adult under Georgia’s Seven Deadly Sins statute with felony murder, malice murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. No public explanation of motive has been released.

Does anyone in Statesboro know Johnny or the family or have information that could help explain what led to this tragedy?