The final defendant in a 2021 shooting death was given his sentence Monday morning for his role in the slaying.

Jeremiah Traylor, who earlier had pled guilty to a reduced count of voluntary manslaughter, was sentenced by Atlantic Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Mark Hendrix to 10 years for criminal attempt to commit armed robbery. He also was sentenced to 20 years of probation, to run consecutively with his prison sentence.

Traylor entered his guilty plea on voluntary manslaughter in May 2024 for the shooting death of Malik Golden.

Morieo Austin was found guilty of malice murder June 18 in the case and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Austin, Traylor and Naiseam Ward were indicted June 10, 2022, by a grand jury for the murder, which took place July 31, 2021. They were charged with trying to take a shotgun away from Golden and for having a .40-caliber handgun.

Ward pled guilty to one count of armed robbery in Tattnall County Superior Court and received a sentence of 15 years in prison and five years on probation. He also received five years of probation for one count of possession of a knife or firearm during commission of a crime.

Hinesville Police Department investigators, along with the U.S. Marshals Service, arrested Ward on August 10, 2021, in Garden City.