On the evening of June 26, 2022, 41-year-old Antonio Harris was shot while at the corner of Blue Bell Street and Poppy Avenue in Macon’s Flower City neighborhood. Officers found Harris with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a local hospital and later died. An 18-year-old woman was also wounded and was reported in stable condition.

Investigators treated the shooting as a targeted attack and the Macon Police Department pursued leads for several months without a public resolution. New evidence later emerged that pointed to a known gang member with a history of violent offenses and prompted an arrest and murder charge; the case moved into the courtroom phase with testimony about forensic findings and witness accounts. The family also filed a civil wrongful death suit that revealed further details about the events before the killing.

Anyone who knew Antonio, witnessed the shooting, or has information about that night in Flower City is asked to come forward.