On the evening of July 29, 2021, 30-year-old Brandon Marquis Burney was shot on the 600 block of Winn Street in Americus, Georgia. Officers and emergency medical personnel arrived at about 7:05 PM and found Burney with gunshot wounds; he was taken to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, where he died of his injuries. Burney, born December 6, 1990, was active in Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church and remembered by family and friends for his jovial nature and love of spending time with his cousins.

Investigators identified a primary suspect, Allan Tremain Barthell, a 37-year-old man from Americus, who was seen fleeing the scene in a silver 2007 Lexus RX with Georgia plates and was described as armed and dangerous. Barthell was later located and apprehended and was held in a Virginia detention facility before being returned to Georgia to face murder charges.

If anyone saw activity around Winn Street that evening or has information about Brandon’s killing, please come forward.