GBI arrests Tifton man in Tift County homicide

TIFTON — The GBI and the Tift County Sheriff’s Office arrested Antavio Pierce, 43, of Tifton, and charged him with malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault, the agency reported.

Pierce was taken into custody after being discharged from Tift Regional Medical Center. The arrest is in connection with the death of Vincent Terrell Myers, 36, of Sylvester.

The GBI was requested by the Tift County Sheriff’s Office Monday to assist in a death investigation in which a man was found dead at the Sunoco Gas Station, 3119 South Central Drive in Tifton. Deputies responded to this location in response to a shooting. Myers was found shot and pronounced dead at the scene. During the initial incident, Pierce also was injured. An autopsy was subsequently performed on Myers at the Macon Crime Lab. The investigation is active and ongoing.

Pierce is being held at the Tift County Jail.

Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact the GBI regional investigative office in Sylvester at (229) 777-2080 or the Tift County Sheriff’s Office at (229) 388-6020. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

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