Jaylen McGruder Death – A homicide occurred following a large gathering of 300 to 400 individuals outside a Woodbury package store in Meriwether County on Sunday night. Law enforcement in the small west central Georgia city responded to a shooting call around 9 p.m. on March 31.
Upon their arrival, they found a 22-year-old man, identified as Jaylen McGruder, who had been shot. He succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Thomaston.
The perpetrator remains at large, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has assumed control of the case. The police chief refrained from providing detailed information on the incident due to the ongoing investigation by the GBI.