Fifteen-year-old Tavias Doogie La’zhae Williams, an African American male from Macon, Georgia, was shot in the parking lot of an Academy Sports on Eisenhower Parkway on the evening of April 26, 2022. He was taken to Atrium Health Navicent but died of his injuries. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators identified a suspect and, working with the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, arrested 20-year-old Tajiri Antwaun Harris at his home in Macon. Harris was charged with one count of murder and three counts of aggravated assault and was held without bond. Funeral services for Tavias Doogie Williams were held May 14, 2022, at Williams Chapel CME Church in Jeffersonville, Georgia.

The investigation into the circumstances of the shooting remains ongoing; anyone with information is asked to come forward.