In the early hours of September 13, 2023, a truck driver making a delivery at the Walmart in Hinesville, Georgia, found 20-year-old Jaylin Ferrell lying under a tree near the store’s rear loading dock and called 911 around 1 a.m. Officers located Ferrell, a Black man from Bloomingdale, unresponsive in a wooded area between the store and the Liberty Woods Apartments; he had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 911 call the night before, about 10 p.m. on September 12, reported the sound of gunshots in the same area.Police said the shooting did not appear random and that Ferrell had some association with the person or people responsible. The investigation identified three suspects: brothers Jaquaves Jaquez Pittman, 18, and Jalijah Da’quon Pittman, 19, who were arrested September 29, 2023, and charged with murder, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and 18-year-old Sirenity Marie Hagan, who was arrested in Memphis on October 23, 2023, and extradited to Georgia.

What information might help clarify the events leading up to Ferrell’s death?