A dispute between friends in Milledgeville, Georgia, ended with the death of 25-year-old LaDarrius Deonte Cummings on the evening of Monday, October 15, 2018. Cummings was at the Milledgeville Manor apartments on Edwards Street when an argument with 18-year-old Monterius Terrell Grable escalated. Witnesses said the disagreement may have involved stolen items; the verbal fight turned physical and Grable is alleged to have fired a single shot from a small-caliber handgun, striking Cummings in the abdomen.

Cummings was taken first to Navicent Health Baldwin and then transferred to The Medical Center of Navicent Health in Macon, where he died shortly before midnight. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office investigated and, the next morning, Grable surrendered to authorities after being brought in by his parents; he was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault. Investigators described Grable as the aggressor and said the shooting appeared to be an isolated dispute between the two, not connected to the complex’s history of gang activity.

If anyone knew LaDarrius Cummings or has information about what happened that night, please come forward to share what you know.