“The streets will chew you up and spit you out. Once you’re in it, it’s so hard to get out.” Those are the words spoken in court today by a family member of Keymarion Manor, who was killed in February 2023 after he opened fire on a man from the back seat of an SUV and was struck when the man fired back.
On Monday, November 9, 2026, the two men who were in that SUV with Manor, Raymond Nottingham and Jadarrious Sears, each pleaded guilty in Bibb County Superior Court to one count of Aggravated Assault and one count of Tampering with Evidence. Both were sentenced to 20 years. Nottingham will serve the first seven years in the Georgia Department of Corrections, and Sears will serve the first three.
On February 23, 2023, surveillance cameras recorded Nottingham, Sears, and Manor driving to the intersection of Wren Avenue and Heron Street in a gold Cadillac Escalade. They stopped and called Jordan Collins over to the vehicle. After a brief conversation, Collins turned and walked back toward his car. When Collins turned away from the car, the rear driver’s side window came down and Manor fired several shots, striking Collins in the arm. Collins drew his own weapon and fired back as he ran. One of his shots shattered the Escalade’s rear window and struck Manor in the head. Manor died at the hospital. Collins was treated and released.
Nottingham and Sears were arrested at the hospital. Nottingham, who was driving, told investigators he did not know Manor had a gun, but admitted they threw the gun out of the window on Montpelier Avenue as they fled. The gun was never recovered.
“This is where gang life leads. One young man is dead, another was shot, and two more are going to prison, all in a matter of seconds,” said Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney Anita Howard. “The loyalty these groups promise disappears the moment the consequences arrive. The men who rode with Keymarion Manor that day now say they barely knew him, and his own family is left to tell the truth about what that life does to people. I hope every young person in this community hears what they are saying: the streets will chew you up and spit you out. There is a way out, and our office and our community partners want to help anyone ready to take it. For those who stay in it and bring violence to our neighborhoods, we will hold you accountable.”
This case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorneys Willie Saunders and Amy Arai.