UPDATE: GBI arrests 18-year-old as part of death investigation

DUBLIN – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested an 18-year-old in connection with the death of a Georgia man.

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UPDATE –

On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, Quentin Vanteryll Gibson, 18, of Dublin, Georgia, was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the death of Hicks. Gibson was booked into the Laurens County Jail.

ORIGINAL PUBLICATION –

At the request of Dublin Police, GBI agents are investigating the death of 35-year-old Cortez Hicks of Dublin, GA.

On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at approximately 11:55 a.m., Dublin Police were dispatched and responded to a residence in the 400 block of Jones Village Lane, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia for a shooting. Hicks was discovered inside the home with gunshot wounds.

Hicks was taken to a local hospital where he later died.

The investigation is active and ongoing. There were no arrests.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the GBI Regional Investigations Office in Eastman at 478-374-6988 or the Dublin Police Department Crime Text Line at 478-595-7279. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by phone at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

Once the investigation is complete, the file will be forwarded to the Dublin Public Prosecution Service.