Leon Bradley Douglas Jr., 41, was found dead at his home on the 1000 block of University Street in Albany, Georgia after police responded to a shooting at 9:15 a.m. on November 30, 2022. The death occurred amid a wave of holiday gun violence that had been affecting the city.

Born in Chicago on June 11, 1981, Douglas graduated from Westover High School in 2000. He worked as a cameraman for WALB TV-10 and, more recently, as a security guard at the Hilton Garden Inn. Family and friends remember him as loving, kind, and creative, with a bright, contagious smile and a quirky sense of humor.

The Albany Police Department identified 35-year-old Gregory Williams as a suspect and described him as 6 feet 5 inches tall and 171 pounds, considered armed and dangerous. Williams was wanted on charges including murder, home invasion, aggravated assault with a firearm, and possession of a firearm during the commission of certain crimes; police asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers or the Albany Police Department.

If anyone knew Leon, his routines, or saw activity near University Street that morning, please share what is known with investigators.