News Brief: Police seeking two men for questioning in homicide

About 2 p.m. on July 6 the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department was called to the 1700 block of Le Grand St. where James Griffith was found shot and slumped over his pickup truck. Griffith later died at the Memorial University Medical Center. The SCMPD is now requesting help from the public to locate Basheen Fayon Hills, 18, and Steve Ray Dunbar Jr., 23, for questioning.

Both Hills and Dunbar are young, black males with short black hair who either wear glasses or contacts. Both are known to frequent areas around 34th and LeGrand Streets.

Hills is 5-foot-6-inches, weighs 190 pounds, and may have a mustache. He is known to drive an early model, red Pontiac with license plate BSI 1705.

Dunbar is 5-foot-11-inches and weighs 180 pounds.

Anyone with information on the shooting or the location of Hills, Dunbar, or the red Pontiac is asked to call CrimeStoppers at (912) 234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637). In the body type, include “CStop2020” plus the tip. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.

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