Late on April 30, 2025, a shooting in front of a home on Maple Street in Manchester, Georgia, left 29-year-old Shawn Jackson Jr. of Fayetteville dead. Manchester Police responded around midnight and found Jackson with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say the shooting began after an argument between two people.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation joined Manchester Police and quickly identified a primary suspect. In the weeks after the shooting three people were arrested: 21-year-old Kimani Copeland of Manchester was charged with murder and aggravated assault, and 22-year-old De'Qavious Copeland and 25-year-old Arionne Leonard of Waverly Hall were charged with hindering apprehension or punishment of a criminal. Kimani Copeland was booked into the Harris County Jail before transfer to the Meriwether County Jail; the other two were booked into the Harris County Jail. The case is expected to be prosecuted in the Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.

If anyone witnessed the incident on Maple Street or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.