A coordinated shooting in late 2021 left three people dead in Terrell County and neighboring Dawson. On Monday, October 18, 2021, deputies found 54-year-old John Baisden Sr and 19-year-old Joshua Brown fatally shot at a residence on 114-B Oak Street in Bronwood. Separately, officers in Dawson discovered 57-year-old Ida Mae Johnson had been shot to death at 456 Stonewall Street. Investigators determined the killings were linked and asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to take over the inquiry.

The GBI identified 54-year-old Larry Eugene Calloway of Parrott as a suspect; he was reportedly in a relationship with a family member of the victims. Calloway was located at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany after allegedly ingesting pills and was to be taken into custody and booked into the Terrell County Jail on felony murder charges after his hospital release. Any readers who knew John Baisden Sr or have information about these shootings are asked to come forward.