Tyler Jevon Shank was 20 when he was fatally shot in Augusta on March 27, 2021. Born in Augusta on November 18, 2000, he grew up in McDuffie County, graduated from Thomson High School with the Class of 2018, and was working at HP Pelzer in Thomson at the time of his death. Deputies responded around 2 a.m. to the 2300 block of Poteet Street after reports of gunfire; Shank was found on the floor with an apparent gunshot wound and later died at Augusta University Medical Center.

Local reports identified 25-year-old Deshawn Curtis of Augusta as the suspect and said he was arrested the same day on charges of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, booked into the Charles B. Webster Detention Center. If anyone knew Tyler, his life in Thomson, or has information about the shooting, please share what you remember.