On September 7, 2020, 21-year-old Lawrence Franklin of Valdosta, Georgia, was shot in the parking lot of Andy’s Wings and Things on West Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The shooting occurred at approximately 3:24 a.m. Numerous people were present; many had left the scene as police arrived. Valdosta patrol officers found Franklin with a gunshot wound to his torso, rendered first aid, and EMS transported him to South Georgia Medical Center where he was later pronounced deceased. His body was sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Medical Examiner’s Office in Atlanta for autopsy.

The Valdosta Police Department’s Person’s Crimes Unit and the Valdosta Lowndes Regional Crime Laboratory investigated the homicide and asked witnesses who were in the parking lot to provide information or video. Detectives later identified a suspect and on October 23, 2020 obtained arrest warrants for Raynard Reid on felony murder and aggravated assault charges; Reid was taken into custody at his Lowndes County residence on October 26, 2020.

Did anyone witness Franklin at Andy’s Wings and Things that night or have video from the parking lot?