An event meant to celebrate the start of a new school year turned deadly at a back-to-school gathering at the City of Collins Depot. On August 3, 2018, 18-year-old Dementric Fairley was found on the ground with a single gunshot wound to the head. He was transported to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead there.

The Collins Police Department opened a homicide investigation and identified a person of interest.

If anyone attended that event or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.