OCILLA — A Dec. 30 carjacking that resulted in a police chase has become a murder-suicide investigation.

At 7:30 p.m., Ocilla police asked for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s help in probing a drive-by shooting at 114 N. Oak St. that resulted in the death of Leterik Lee Johenkins, 33, a GBI statement said.

Another man was also shot and treated for his injury. Both were standing outside the home when the shooting took place.

At 6:41 p.m., another shooting took place at a gas statin on North Irvin Avenue in Ocilla; shots wee fired at a man sitting in his car. The man was not injured; the shooting that killed Johenkins took place minutes after the gas station shooting, the GBI said.

At 8:30 p.m., the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to help on a carjacking case; not long after, the sheriff’s office asked for help probing the death of the carjacking suspect.

A man arrived at a gas station in Douglas at 7:10 p.m. and  carjacked a woman, shooting at her while stealing her car, the statement said. The woman was not injured.

The man drove away; deputies and state troopers located the stolen car driven and a chase ensued. The man eventually went off the road into a field off of Martinez Lane in Nicholls. 

When officers approached the car, they found Johnny C. Martin Jr., 36, of Ocilla with a gunshot wound to the head and a gun in his hand, the GBI said.

The GBI Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct autopsies on Martin and Johenkins.

Authorities believe Martin shot Johenkins and the other men in Ocilla before the carjacking and police chase in Douglas, according to the GBI.

Anyone with information about this case should call the GBI Perry Office at (478) 987-4545, GBI Douglas Office at (912) 389-4103 or the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office at (912) 384-4227. Tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.