Racieh Robinson posted this photo of himself on his Facebook page in January. Robinson was shot to death Monday at Paradise apartments during an argument.

The death of a 28-year-old Moultrie man gunned down Monday morning was made more tragic because he was trying to turn his life around, a family member said on Wednesday.

Racieh Robinson died at Colquitt Regional Medical Center from a single gunshot wound to the head, and police had a shooting suspect behind bars within hours of the slaying.

While Robinson had been in trouble in the past, he seemed to finally have turned his life around, his aunt Pam Suggs said on Wednesday. The family said he was turning away from an argument at the time he was shot.

The Moultrie Police Department has said that Robinson and his accused killer Lenorris Jordan, 23, had an argument at the Paradise apartment complex in the 500 block of 27th Street Southeast. The have not said what the two men had argued over.

“They were friends,” Suggs said of her nephew and Jordan. “He (Robinson) was trying to help them (Jordan and his girlfriend) get their lights back on.

“It was an argument,” she said of what led to the shooting. “(People) were egging it on. He was walking away. That bullet got him because he was turning away.”

Jordan has been charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime. Other charges are likely, police said.

A second man, Floyd Collins III, 20, has been charged with making false statements to police. Moultrie Police Department Inv. Steven Colgan told The Observer on Tuesday that Collins lied to law enforcement about the whereabouts of Jordan after the shooting as police were investigating.

Police have recovered a weapon that they believe is the one used in the shooting.

The tragedy is that Robinson had turned his life around, Suggs said. Robinson leaves behind daughters ages 8 and 9 and a 2-year-old son.

“He realized he was getting old,” she said. “He was changed and he had kids. He was trying to overcome all his mistakes.”

Robinson had served a sentence in 2006 on a conviction for entering auto, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.

He also had been jailed for a short time a few years later after he broke probation because as a felon he could not get a job as required, Suggs said.

He was employed at the time of his death, she said.

Suggs pointed out a final Facebook posting that her nephew: “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself too get anything done in this world.”

“It tells you he was trying,” Suggs said. “He knew  you’ve got to love yourself.”