On a summer evening in Albany, Georgia, the life of 19-year-old Eboni Nicole Hood came to a tragic and violent end. In the early moments of Saturday, August 10, 2024, police responded to a call at the Shoreham Apartments on Champagne Lane. Inside one of the upstairs units, they discovered Hood in her bedroom, having sustained a fatal gunshot wound to her face. The Dougherty County Coroner pronounced her dead at the scene at 12:45 a.m.
The initial investigation pointed to a domestic dispute. Present at the apartment was Eboni's 21-year-old live-in boyfriend, J'Shon Davyen Price. During questioning, Price asserted that the shooting had been a tragic accident. However, the evidence gathered by the Albany Police Department's Criminal Investigative Bureau led them to a different conclusion.
Following their investigation, J'Shon Davyen Price was arrested and charged in connection with Eboni Hood's death. The charges brought against him were severe: murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and aggravated assault. Price was subsequently booked into the Dougherty County Jail. The death of the female teenager was a grim milestone for the community, marking the 15th homicide in the county for that year. Information regarding the progression of the legal case against Price, including any trial or final conviction, has not been made available in public records.
