Tavares Edward Bryant was a 22-year-old Black man who died in Macon, Georgia, on Tuesday, July 9, 2002. An obituary published through The Telegraph listed Macon as his home and announced services at Bentley & Sons Funeral Home with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park set for July 13, showing how quickly the family moved from shock to mourning.

A gun-violence memorial entry records his death on the same date and identifies it as a fatal gun-violence case.

If anyone knew Tavares Bryant or has information about the shooting in Macon on July 9, 2002, please share what you know.