Etiennie Boakye, 17, of Covington, was shot and killed in Monroe, Georgia in the early hours of May 6, 2025. Police found him on Lacy Street shortly after 1 a.m.; despite first responders’ efforts he died at the scene. Investigators say a second shooting that night wounded 23-year-old Jazaire Burgess of Monroe, who was later taken to an Atlanta-area hospital in critical condition. Authorities believe both shootings were connected and occurred on Lacy Street.

The Monroe Police Department, assisted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office and the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, identified two teenage suspects from Covington. Seventeen-year-old Laddarreus Tiller and 18-year-old Jatorian Ellis were arrested and charged with felony murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, aggravated battery and possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony. One young man is dead and another remains hospitalized; many details about motive and what led to the shootings are not yet public.

Did anyone in the Covington or Monroe area see activity on Lacy Street that night or know anything about the two victims’ movements before the shootings?