Majesty Jaques Conover, a 19-year-old Black male from Macon, was caught in a burst of violence at the Colonial Terrace Apartments on Houston Avenue late on June 4, 2014, in a killing that was being reported publicly on June 5. The picture that emerged from local reporting was stark: deputies said Conover had been arguing with two men shortly before gunfire erupted, and investigators later described him as unarmed when he was shot. One warrant account said he was shot as he lay on the ground, a detail that made the case feel especially cruel and final, the kind of street-corner tragedy that leaves almost no room for doubt about how fast an ordinary night can collapse.
Investigators moved quickly. On June 5, authorities announced the arrest of Micki Antonio Brown Jr., who was 20 at the time, charging him with murder in Conover’s death. By the next day, a second man, 25-year-old Lantonio Rodriques Hill, had also been arrested and charged with murder. Reports said Hill was taken into custody near Vineville Avenue, while Brown’s arrest came first as deputies continued working the case. Early coverage also noted that the two men seen with Conover before the shooting were observed leaving the area in a newer-model dark-colored Honda, and the sheriff’s office indicated more arrests could still be possible as the investigation developed.
When the two accused men appeared before a magistrate judge, bond was denied, underscoring how seriously the case was being treated at that stage. Local coverage consistently identified both Brown and Hill as murder suspects in the shooting at Colonial Terrace, and those early accounts centered on the idea that Conover had been cornered in an argument that turned deadly within moments. Publicly available online reporting located for this case is clear about the arrests and the murder charges, but it is much thinner on what happened afterward. I found reliable local reports confirming the two arrests and the no-bond ruling, but I did not find equally solid non-video online reporting that clearly documented a final trial result or conviction for both defendants in this case.
What remains most vivid in the record is the way Conover’s death was described: a teenager, unarmed, at an apartment complex in South Macon, with the confrontation over almost as soon as it began. His obituary later marked June 4, 2014, as the day he died and placed him firmly back where these stories always belong, with family and burial arrangements rather than warrants and booking reports. But the criminal case that followed began immediately, with Brown and Hill both arrested on murder charges, leaving Conover’s name tied not only to a funeral notice, but to a homicide investigation that gripped Macon at the time.
