On the morning of November 7, 2021, 31-year-old Marquel Tarber, known as Bean, was fatally shot in a shootout outside an apartment on Dowell Avenue in Waynesboro, Georgia. Police found Tarber deceased in the front yard near the apartment steps; the exchange of gunfire also left others injured.

Investigators identified two principal suspects in the incident: Johnathan Dip Hughes and Jason Cuyler. Hughes was seriously wounded in the shootout and later indicted in January 2022 on malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault. Cuyler sustained minor injuries and faced charges including aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A third person, Kenneth Eason, suffered minor injuries and was not charged in connection with Tarber’s death.

What details about the shootout or those present that night might help clarify how Tarber was killed?