Alexis Milton Jr., 16, was shot and killed in Savannah on the night of August 21, 2025. According to reports, gunfire erupted around 10:10 p.m. in the Ponderosa Apartments area on the 4000 block of LaRoche Avenue. Officers found Milton on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds; he was transported for medical attention but was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. He was an 11th-grade student and had three sisters.

Investigators arrested three people connected to the shooting. Seventeen-year-old Ra’jai Zeigler was charged with murder and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Eighteen-year-old Dequan Petty and 20-year-old Jon Petty were each charged with murder and criminal attempt of armed robbery in connection with the fatal shooting.

Family and community members held a vigil for Alexis, known to loved ones as AJ and Bubba, which also honored another teenager killed in a separate shooting that week. Does anyone have information about Alexis’s movements that night or about the Ponderosa Apartments area around 10:00 p.m. on August 21?