Joshua Ray DeBerry, 35, was shot outside his home in the 400 block of East 49th Street in Savannah on the morning of Wednesday, December 21, 2016. He was taken to Memorial University Medical Center but died of his injuries. Police said the shooting grew out of a dispute over a business transaction.

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police identified 25-year-old Tamaron Varner as the primary suspect and arrested him at a residence on the 700 block of East 39th Street later that day. Authorities linked Varner to another shooting on December 20 that seriously injured 48-year-old ONeal Scrivens; Varner was charged in DeBerry’s death with murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and faced attempted murder and additional firearm charges in the Scrivens shooting.

DeBerry’s death was recorded as the city’s 50th homicide in what police described as a particularly violent year for Savannah. If anyone knew Joshua DeBerry or has information about the business dispute investigators mentioned, please share what you know.