Delarick St. George, a Black man, was 36 years old when he was killed on November 13, 2023, in Lanett, Alabama. Late that afternoon, a 911 call brought police and emergency responders to the 2300 block of 20th Avenue SW after a resident returned home and found an unresponsive man lying in the front yard. By the time help arrived, St. George had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene, turning an ordinary day on a small street into the start of a homicide investigation that would hang
over the community for weeks.
In the days that followed, investigators worked the case while St. George’s family tried to absorb a loss that didn’t come with answers. Those closest to him described him as loving and goofy, someone who could pull laughter out of a room when he wanted to. The grief carried a particular edge because the shooting happened in a familiar neighborhood, in plain view of a home’s front yard, leaving loved ones to wonder who could have done it and why. Police did not publicly identify a motive, and as time passed the family’s fear and frustration grew—especially with the sense that the person responsible might still be out there.
Seventy-three days after the killing, authorities announced a break. On January 25, 2024, Jeterrio Booker of Lanett was taken into custody without incident in the 1100 block of South 12th Avenue. The arrest was made by members of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force working alongside the Lanett Police Department. Booker was arrested in connection with St. George’s killing and was identified by police and reporting as the suspect in the case, with the allegation that he was the shooter.
For St. George’s family, the arrest brought a measure of relief, but not an ending. His sister said the family knew of Booker in a small-town way, yet they did not know what connection—if any—linked him to their loved one, and investigators still had not publicly laid out a motive. Even with a suspect in custody, the family spoke about the long road ahead and the way grief doesn’t neatly close when handcuffs click; the case had moved forward, but justice still had to be pursued through the courts.
Later reporting tied the case to continued criminal proceedings: in March 2025, a published arrest report listed Jeterrio Glynntavius Booker of Lanett on an entry described as a grand jury indictment for murder, signaling that the allegation had advanced beyond the initial arrest stage. Publicly available reporting reviewed here did not provide a final courtroom outcome such as a trial verdict or conviction, and no additional suspects were identified in these sources.
