Atlanta’s 2023 homicide victims

Dec. 30: John Goodwin, 27, was a Renaissance Middle School teacher found shot around 10 p.m. at the Southwood Vista apartments in the 2100 block of Southwood Boulevard. The following day, Denisha Rosser was arrested in South Carolina and charged with murder. “He was a great guy,” Renaissance principal Ava Williams told Channel 2 Action News. “Got along with everyone, all of our students, faculty and staff. Everyone loved him.”

Dec. 28: Officers were called around 5 p.m. to the Constitution Hill Apartments on Constitution Road and found James Leslie, 53, dead. On Jan. 10, Anthony Hightower, 47, was taken into custody by Atlanta police with the assistance of the Hall County Sheriff’s Office and Gainesville Police Department. He was charged with murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

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Dec. 27: At about 2:40 p.m., shots were fired at the McDonald’s at 1166 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in the West End neighborhood, police said. Tamanika Woods, 30, died at the hospital. T’Niya Evans, 19, was later arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault and one count of possessing a weapon during the commission of a felony.

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Dec. 18: Officers were called to 199 Peters Street at about 5:20 p.m. and found Tabakus Monroe, 24, of Atlanta, who died at the scene. Leonardo Zachary Metelus, 23, was arrested on a murder charge just four days after the shooting

Dec. 15: Officers were called to the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard in northwest Atlanta shortly after 5 p.m. Derrick Neptune, 48, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. The case remains under investigation.

Dec. 11: Treasure McWeay was 4 but weighed just 24 pounds when she died at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding, an autopsy showed. She was extremely malnourished and dehydrated, according to investigators. Days later, her father, Rodney McWeay, was arrested and charged with murder and child cruelty. Two other children were treated at the hospital. McWeay is accused of kidnapping the three children from Maryland.

Dec. 11: Stephanie Alderson, 38, was found dead from a gunshot wound just before 3:30 p.m. in the 900 block of Cox Avenue in southwest Atlanta. Two men, Nathaniel Chastain and Andrew Fike, were arrested and charged in Alderson’s death.

Dec. 11: Officers were called shortly after 9:30 a.m. to 1026 Ponce de Leon Avenue, where they found Jason Greer, 48, had been shot. Two days later, Jeremiah Perry, 36, was arrested on charges of murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Dec. 9: Investigators believe a drug deal led to a shooting that killed three people in a Buckhead apartment building. Justin Barber, 27, lived in the apartment and investigators later determined he was the sole homicide victim. The suspect in Barber’s shooting was also killed.

Nov. 30: Around 9 p.m., officers were called to the Park Vista apartments on Fisher Road in the Custer-McDonough-Guice neighborhood and found Joshua Eatman, 20, in critical condition. He died from his injuries. An arrest warrant was issued for a suspect in the case, according to police.

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Nov. 27: James Harris, 27, was found dead inside an abandoned apartment in the 400 block of Vine Street in southwest Atlanta around 8:20 a.m. His body had been there for several days, police said. “We’re just angry that somebody would do something to him like that because he was such an easygoing, kind-hearted person who would do anything to help anybody,” his mother, Alisa Harris said. The case remains under investigation.

Nov. 25: Officers responded to 415 Fairburn Road around 3:30 p.m. and found Xzavier Bowdery with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. Bowdery, 31, died at Grady Memorial Hospital. Bowdery lived in the home where he was killed, according to police. The case remains under investigation.

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Nov. 20: Robert David Kirkland, 27, was found shot to death at an apartment complex on Peters Street, Atlanta police said. Kirkland was a music producer, his sister wrote on a GoFundMe page. “David taught me everything I needed to know and he wasn’t done teaching me,” she said. “It’s unfortunate that he passed away due to gun violence when he was the most genuine and authentic man I knew.” Jason Foster, 27, of Hampton was later arrested and charged with murder.

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Nov. 14: Jotavious Favors, 25, of Decatur was shot to death in front of his children around 10:30 p.m. at a southwest Atlanta gas station on Campbellton Road, according to police and his family. The shooting remains under investigation.

Nov. 13: Officers were called to the Hyatt Regency on Peachtree Street shortly after 8 p.m. and found Zakiyyah Muhammad, 30, with a gunshot wound. She was from Chicago. On Dec. 15, Antonio Roker, 30, of Nashville, was arrested and charged with murder.

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Nov. 12: Marietta Middle School teacher Jason Ogbomoh, 25, was found shot to death near 81 Peachtree Street and Underground Atlanta around 3 a.m. “His passion for teaching was clear in every lesson; his commitment to our students unwavering,” Principal Diona Brown wrote in a letter to parents. “His ability to connect with students and his enthusiasm for teaching was truly special. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.” Weeks later, Leroy Hinton, 30, was arrested and charged with murder.

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Nov. 6: Officers were called around 12:15 a.m. to the Columbia at Capitol View apartments on University Avenue in the Adair Park neighborhood. Tavares Boyd, 19, died at the scene, according to police. The shooting remains under investigation.

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Nov. 5: De’Asia Hart, 17, was one of four people shot around 5 a.m. Oct. 29 at the intersection of John Wesley Dobbs Avenue and Courtland Street. Hart died from her injuries days later and the case became a homicide investigation, but no arrests have been made. Hart lived in Americus, according to her online obituary. She was the mother of a 1-year-old.

Oct. 26: Officers were called to the 900 block of Stonewall Drive in the Leila Valley neighborhood around 11 p.m. and found Gregory Hensley, 61, had been stabbed several times in the back. He was pronounced dead outside his home. In November, Gregory Swinson, 56, was arrested and charged with murder.

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Oct. 24: Andrea Brown was holding her 3-month-old grandson around 5 a.m. when shots were fired inside her home Beecher Hills neighborhood. Brown, 57, a mother of three, was struck inside her room by a stray bullet and was not the intended target, police said. The case remains under investigation.

Oct. 22: Ji Hadd Mwaniki, 23, was at the Park at Castleton Apartments along Bent Creek Way when he got into a fight with Abubacar Diawara that escalated to gunfire, police said. Mwankik died from his injuries at the hospital. Diawara was arrested in November and charged with murder and aggravated assault.

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Oct. 21: Lawaine Brown, 34, was shot around 10:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Avenue food mart in the Glenrose Heights neighborhood, just east of I-75. Brown died at the scene in what investigators believe may have been an armed robbery. The case remains under investigation.

Oct. 18: Officers were called to the area of 80 Brevard Avenue around 10:15 a.m. and found a woman with a gunshot wound, according to officials. A man was also located with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators believe La Nona Palmer, 38, was shot and killed by her partner, David Palmer, 42, who then killed himself.

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Oct. 15: Sadé Brooks, 17, was shot shortly after 4 p.m. in front of her home in the 500 block of Lynnhaven Drive, according to police. She died from her injuries. “She would’ve been 18 in little over 3 weeks,” her sister wrote on a GoFundMe page. “Now I’m without a sister and my mother is now missing a child.” No arrests have been announced in the case.

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Oct. 13: At approximately 10:39 a.m., officers were flagged down at 360 Peachtree Street NE and found Amal Duhart, 48, with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He died from his injuries after being taken to the hospital. An arrest warrant was issued for a suspect in the case, police said.

Oct. 12: Shortly before 8 p.m., officers responded to a report of gunshots at 935 Marietta Street and arrived to find a trail of blood. Orion Webb, 30, had been driven to Grady Memorial Hospital with gunshot wounds. Webb, of Augusta, later died from his injuries. In December, the case was ruled a homicide and it remains under investigation.

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Oct. 4: Investigators believe Chavion Smith, 20, chased a suspected car burglar in East Atlanta Village shortly before 11 p.m. and was stabbed multiple times in the 400 block of Flat Shoals Avenue, killing him. Landon Gibson was arrested and charged with murder four months after the stabbing. At the time of his death, Smith’s girlfriend was expecting a baby, according to his online obituary.

Oct. 1: Doneish’a Speight called 911 around noon to report that her 6-month-old daughter, Angel, was unresponsive inside their apartment at 2500 Center Street in northwest Atlanta, according to an arrest warrant. The baby was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 2:33 p.m. An autopsy determined the baby’s injuries were consistent with blunt force trauma. Days later, Speight was charged with felony murder and first-degree cruelty to children.

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Oct. 1: Rodagus “R.J.” Thomas, 26, was found shot to death in the driveway of a home on Allene Avenue in the Capitol View neighborhood around 10 p.m. Homicide investigators said there was a drug sale, which led to the SWAT team being called to conduct a sweep at the home. That’s when the body of Thomas was found. “Many knew and loved RJ because of his kind heart, sweet spirit, and calm demeanor,” his obituary said.

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Oct. 1: Dominique Sanjurjo, 34, was stabbed to death around 8 p.m. outside a CVS pharmacy near Greenbriar Mall. A week later, arrest warrants were issued for Kenneth Martin, charging him with murder. Sanjurjo, a father of three, was a former football standout, his mother said. “I pray they let me be there when they charge him,” Cadja Sanjurjo said of the suspect. “Because every night, all that goes through my mind is that I can tell this judge how much my son was loved by family, his community, by his friends, and his children.”

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Sept. 23: Three people were killed in what police called a targeted shooting in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood. The deadly encounter happened in the 600 block of Evans Street around 1:25 p.m. According to police, a man approached two people and began to shoot. Derron Johnson was 17. JaKobi Maddox was 20.

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Sept. 23: Leondre Flynt, 21, was last in touch with his family in late July. By September, Atlanta investigators said they had evidence indicating Flynt was dead, though his body still has not been found. His family said the Loganville man met with a woman in Buckhead before he was reported missing. Two women were later charged with murder and concealing the death of another in the case. Destiny Stephens, 20, was arrested in October and Audrey Zalky, 21, was taken into custody in December.

Sept. 22: Officers were called to a home in the 3200 block of Browns Mill Road around 12:40 a.m. and found two men with multiple gunshot wounds. Both men died at the scene. Investigators determined the man who lived at the home, Antony Jones, 48, was the victim of a homicide.

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Sept. 19: Investigators believe Mitchel Dang, 25, was killed Aug. 27 after leaving a music venue. Days later, Dang’s body was found in a downtown parking deck. Ja’Kevious Arnold, 24, was charged with murder. Dang loved to dance and found her true passion working as a lash technician at a boutique in Sandy Springs, her sister said.

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Sept. 17: Officers were called around 2 p.m. to a gas station on Hamilton E. Holmes Drive in the Westhaven neighborhood, where they found a 40-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman with gunshot wounds. The woman, Jessica Haire of Madisonville, Tennessee, died from her injuries. Investigators believe the two were shot nearby and drove to the gas station, off I-20. No arrests have been made. Haire is survived by two children, her parents and three siblings, according to her online obituary.

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Sept. 16: Shortly before 2 a.m., officers were called 448 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in the Mechanicsville neighborhood. There, they found Nicholas Carter, 23, with a gunshot wound. The Decatur man died from his injuries. The case remains under investigation.

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Sept. 14: Officers responded to a stabbing call at the MAA Centennial Olympic Park apartments just after 2 a.m. Tracy Cole, 31, had been stabbed multiple times and died from his injuries. Cole was part of a musical family and was the grandson of Freddy Cole and great-nephew of Nat King Cole. He was active on social media, where he promoted his business as a cigar salesman and consultant. He was a sales representative for former NFL wide receiver Chad Ochocinco’s Eighty5 Cigars brand. Ricardo Gayle faces a murder charge, accused of fatally stabbing the victim and stealing both of his cellphones, police later said.

Sept. 13: Officers were called to the Hidden Pines apartments at about 1:20 p.m. and found a man with a gunshot wound at the apartment building at 3215 Cushman Circle. Darryl Chambers was 49. In November, Kadeem Frison, 33, of Austell, was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault.

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Sept. 5: Desiree George, 31, was killed in an apparent road rage shooting in southwest Atlanta, according to police. The shooting took place in the 2900 block of Browns Mill Road in the Glenrose Heights neighborhood around 2 a.m. Investigators believe gunfire was exchanged between the occupants of the vehicles, leaving the woman with multiple gunshot wounds. On Sept. 18, Javonte Scrutchins, 19, was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, robbery by snatching, second-degree cruelty to children and multiple gun counts.

Sept. 4: A fight between acquaintances watching a movie at a Peachtree Street home turned physical, according to police. When officers arrived, George Buchanan was found in a pool of blood and later died from his injuries. Witnesses said Buchanan had been placed in a chokehold and kicked in the head several times. In November, the case was ruled a homicide. The death remains under investigation.

Sept. 3: Officers were called to the 400 block of Whitehall Street in Mechanicsville, where they found Alexus Anderson, 30, had been shot. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition but died from her injuries on Sept. 8. Joshua Crawford, 20, and Kelsey Anne-Taylor Crawford, 30, of Atlanta, were arrested after the shooting and their charges were later upgraded to include murder.

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Sept. 2: Officers responded around noon to the 900 block of Margaret Place and found Kathy Moulder, 64, had been shot. She died at a hospital. Her uncle, Winston Muhammad, 75, of Atlanta, was charged with murder. Police said the shooting followed an argument over eviction.

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Sept. 2: Shortly before 10 a.m., officers were called to the Magnolia Park apartment complex on Magnolia Way. Cordale Duncan, 28, had been shot and died at the hospital. Allen Pitts, 28, of Rex was arrested the same day. Pitts and Duncan had known each other since they were both 4 and grew up playing baseball together, the victim’s sister, Chartovia Duncan, wrote on a GoFundMe page.

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Sept. 2: At around 3:05 a.m., officers were dispatched to 195 Fairburn Rd NW. There, officers found Theon Elliott, 44, dead from a gunshot wound. A suspect was later charged with murder.

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Sept. 2: At about 1:05 a.m., Atlanta police found Freddie Lowe, 31, shot to death near the Thomasville Recreation Center in southeast Atlanta. The suspect, Leverett Hancock, 40, was booked into the Fulton County Jail on charges of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Aug. 31: Antiwan Williams, 23, died around 1:30 a.m. after being shot at a residence on Greenbriar Parkway in southwest Atlanta, according to police. At the scene, officers arrested Ronald Adams III, who was later charged with murder.

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Aug. 30: Six-month-old Charles Watson Jr. was killed in what police believe was a targeted shooting that also injured two adults at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex. Officers were called to the complex around 8:15 p.m. after reports of multiple people shot. The three victims were located at the scene and taken to hospitals, where the child died from his injuries, police said. The baby was the youngest homicide victim of 2023.

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Aug. 28: Security guard Sha’Darrian Jacobs, 33, was hit by a stray bullet in the neck when someone else tried to stop a group of suspected thieves who were breaking into cars on Spring Street, police said. He was found dead in the Lanier Parking garage on the corner of Spring and 3rd streets.

Aug. 27: Officers responded around 2:25 p.m. to the 1100 block of Lakeshore Crossing Drive and found a man’s body in the creek in the Lindridge-Martin Manor neighborhood of Buckhead. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office determined Robert Edwards, 51, sustained a gunshot wound and blunt force trauma. The case remains under investigation.

Aug. 26: Antonio Beckham was attempting to repossess a vehicle for his employer when he was shot, causing him to crash into the woods off Cascade Avenue, according to police. Beckham later died from his injuries. He was 47. The case was declared a homicide in November and an arrest warrant was later issued for a suspect, police said.

Aug. 24: Investigators believe Teemah Nero, 25, was killed during a domestic dispute at a northwest Atlanta home. Officers were called shortly after 5 p.m. to the 1300 block of Kennesaw Drive, where they found Nero, who had been shot. On Sept. 14, Erin Hagan was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, tampering with evidence, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

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Aug. 21: Quoinez Mabry , 44, was found dead from a gunshot wound at Dean Rusk Park in southwest Atlanta. His body was found around 8 a.m. near a pond inside the park at 390 Lawton Street. A suspect was later charged.

Aug. 19: Officers were called to the 200 block of Peachtree Street around 6:10 a.m. and found Kelvin Fenior, 40, shot multiple times.

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Aug. 14: Police were called around 8:30 a.m. after a gunshot was heard at the Northside Plaza Apartments at 445 Markham Street near Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Officers found Tomika Niles, 43, with a gunshot wound. “Tomika was such a gentle person,” one person wrote under her obituary. “A beautiful young lady with a heart of gold.”

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Aug. 13: Jayden McKinnon, 22, was shot while walking his dog at an apartment complex near the Lindbergh Center MARTA station in Buckhead, authorities said. Atlanta police responded around 1:30 p.m. to the gunfire at Willowest in Lindbergh on Lindbergh Place. McKinnon died from his injuries at the hospital, police said. Days later, David Edward Kinney, of Riverdale, was arrested and charged with felony murder and armed robbery. Kinney is accused of taking McKinnon’s dog, which was later found. McKinnon was a professional dog walker and sitter, according to his online obituary.

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Aug. 12: Officers were called to the 500 block of Whitehall Street around 3:30 a.m. on reports of a person shot. At the scene, officials said they found Luis Salgado, 18, suffering from several gunshot wounds. He died from his injuries.

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Aug. 11: Latreicia Collins, 31, was found with an apparent gunshot wound outside a home in the 800 block of Cascade Road, police said. Collins did not live in the neighborhood, according to police. “She was a beautiful soul and will be terribly missed,” her father wrote on a GoFundMe page. In September, Demetric Lawson, 26, of Atlanta, was arrested and charged with murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Aug. 9: Robert Upton died soon after he was found shot in the middle of a busy street in the Kirkwood neighborhood in Atlanta, police said. Officers were called around 10:40 p.m. to the intersection of Hosea L. Williams Drive and Howard Street on reports of a person shot. Police said they found Upton lying on Hosea L. Williams Drive in front of a barber shop.

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Aug. 9: Officers were called to the Oakland City West End apartments on Oakland Lane around 10 a.m. after getting reports of gunshots. Corey King, 28, was dead when police arrived. “He will be remembered as a beacon of kindness and compassion, a brilliant mind, and a generous spirit,” King’s obituary states. He was a father of one who wanted to become a truck driver.

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July 27: Officers were called to a southwest Atlanta apartment complex on Peyton Place, just south of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, after a 911 call was made at about 4:15 p.m. Two men were found shot multiple times and died at the scene. They were identified as Justin Mitchell, 27, and Devon Boyd, 28. The case remains under investigation.

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July 26: Charles Johnson, 22, of DeKalb County, was found dead in the cemetery of Mount Zion United Methodist Church. The body was located on the grounds of the Mount Zion United Methodist Church on Metropolitan Parkway at about 6:20 a.m., Atlanta police said. Johnson had been shot multiple times. The case remains under investigation.

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July 25: Officers arrived at around 7:40 p.m. at the Mark at West Midtown complex on Bishop Street in the Loring Heights neighborhood and found Morgan Lawrence, 26, had been shot. The case remains under investigation.

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July 23: Officers were called just after midnight to the Dwell at The View apartments on Hollywood Road, a gated complex in the Scotts Crossing neighborhood. When they arrived, they found Xzavier Tomlin, 23, with a gunshot wound. Tomlin died at the scene. Investigators believe the shooting happened after the victim went to the residence of his former partner and got into a dispute with the partner’s new boyfriend. In September, Jamario Richards was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of or attempt to commit certain felonies.

July 21: Officers were called to the Oakland Food Mart on Oakland Drive shortly before 9 p.m. and found Daniel Davis, 22, dead from a gunshot wound. The case remains under investigation.

July 18: Andre Harris, 23, died from his injuries after being shot on April 25. Officers were called shortly before 10 a.m. to a home in the 1100 block of Fountain Drive. In August, Willie Holt was arrested and charged with murder, police said.

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July 16: At around 7:30 p.m., officers were called to a shooting at 1282 Oakland Drive. Charles Patterson was taken to the hospital in critical condition but later died from his injuries. He was 35. A Michigan native, Patterson loved to write music and was a rap artist, according to his online obituary. He is survived by five children. “Charles was the one person who would stop and help any kid that needed it, whether it was a little money or just to talk,” his obituary said.

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July 13: Officers were called to a Texaco on Sylvan Road in the Sylvan Hills neighborhood around 12:30 a.m. and found Darrien White with a gunshot wound, police said. He was 38. Walter Favors, 43, was detained at the scene and charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, police said. White was a clothing entrepreneur and the father of two, according to his online obituary.

July 9: Officers were called to a home in the 1700 block of Mary George Avenue in northwest Atlanta to find a man with a head injury who was not breathing. Charles Wright, 41, died at the scene from a suspected gunshot wound.

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July 9: Tovis Raines Jr., 29, was shot around 2:50 a.m. in the 1100 block of McDaniel Street near Metropolitan Parkway. Raines was the father of two young children, according to Channel 2 Action News. The case remains under investigation.

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July 9: Officers responded at 1 a.m. to a gas station at 2100 Metropolitan Parkway and found Octavia Thompson, 34, suffering from a gunshot wound. The McDonough woman was taken to a hospital and died from her injuries.

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July 7: David Dominguez Reyes died July 7, 10 days after police found him at a gas station on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive with a cut to his head, according to authorities. Reyes was in critical condition when taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died. Derrick Anderson was arrested in October and charged with murder, aggravated assault and battery.

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July 4: Chasin Homer, 24, was found shot to death in the parking lot of the Grove Adams Park complex at 1991 Delowe Drive in southwest Atlanta around 3:15 p.m. On Aug. 31, two suspects, ages 15 and 16, were charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, along with a misdemeanor count of possession of a firearm by a person under 18, according to court records.

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July 2: Leric Hall, 39, died after being shot at the Villages of East Lake apartments on Greenhaven Drive in southeast Atlanta, police said. “You will be greatly missed but your smile will stay with me forever,” a loved one wrote on his obituary page.

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July 2: At around 11:15 p.m., officers were called to the 200 block of Thornton Street in southwest Atlanta. Kieante Davis, 22, had been shot multiple times, police said, and died at the hospital. Davis, formerly of Andrews, South Carolina, is survived by his parents, three sisters and his grandmother, according to his obituary. He had been employed by Tyler Perry Studios as an associate.

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June 30: Cornelius Brooks, 36, died after a dispute ended in gunfire around 3 a.m. on Charleston Avenue in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood.

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June 25: Jayon Hardy, 17, of Austell, died six days after being shot in the head on Boulevard, police said. A witness told investigators he saw two men chasing Hardy. A gun was found at the scene. The case remains under investigation.

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June 24: Atlanta officers were called at around 10:30 p.m. to the Capitol Vanira Apartments on Hank Aaron Drive where ShaNorria Wyche, 19, had been shot to death. “Dreams of making her mother proud by achieving her diploma and continued studies have now been permanently silenced due to such a careless act,” a GoFundMe page said. In November, Lavar McNair was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony, possession of a pistol by someone under the age of 18 and participating in crime in association with a criminal street gang, court records show.

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June 20: Three people were shot in the 700 block of McDaniel Street at the Heritage Station Family apartments at around 5:30 p.m., according to police. Deonta Brown, 22, and Mario Favors, 15, died from their injuries. In July, Shoun Bilal, 18 was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and aggravated assault and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a machine gun.

June 19: A vigil for two teenagers killed last year turned deadly when shots were fired at The Villages at Carver apartments on Moury Avenue, according to police. Quentyn Burgess, 18, had lived in Rhine in south Georgia, according to his obituary.

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June 13: Gary Tyner, 23, had been a football standout at Charles Drew High School and was remembered as being respectful and the ultimate competitor on both sides of the ball, his former coach said. Tyner was shot several times and died at Metropolitan Garden Homes on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The case remains under investigation.

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June 5: Police were called at 2 a.m. to the Columbia at Mechanicsville Crossing apartments at Wells and Humphries streets in southwest Atlanta and found Tremaine Glasper, 28, inside a red sedan. Rapper FN DaDealer, whose real name is Jakobe Moody, was arrested June 29 and charged with murder.

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June 4: Lanel Singleton, 27, was fatally shot outside the Ten50 Social Club on Main Street in the Riverside neighborhood. Singleton, who lived in Fairburn, died at the scene, police said. The case remains under investigation.

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May 31: Shortly before 8 p.m., officers were called to the Twelve Centennial Park building at 400 West Peachtree Street and found Breanna Woods, 28, with multiple gunshot wounds. Her boyfriend, Douglas Hairston, 30, was later charged with murder, according to police. “She was just such a calming presence and such a beautiful spirit,” Woods’ boss at Black Coffee, Carl Northrop, told The AJC.

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May 30: Teisha Brewley was shot to death shortly before 4:30 a.m. while riding in a Cadillac Escalade being used as a rideshare vehicle, police said. She was 31. Investigators believe Brewley was targeted after leaving work. The case remains under investigation. Multiple Guyanese news outlets identified her by an alias, Tisha Brodie. The influencer who had more than 40,000 followers on Instagram, was originally from the South American country and performed as Tavi Baddie at Allure Atlanta, a strip club on Cheshire Bridge Road.

May 28: Fredrick Key, 48, died after being shot several times near a small grocery store in southeast Atlanta, police said. The shooting happened on Conley Road shortly before 4 p.m. Key died after being taken to the hospital for treatment. In August, Antonio Coachman was arrested and charged with murder.

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May 28: Bre’Asia Powell, 16, died after being shot in the chest in the early-morning hours outside Benjamin E. Mays High School, according to police. Bre’Asia was a rising junior at Mays, where she played basketball and volleyball and was an outstanding student, her family said. The shooting also left another teen injured. Jaquan Withers, 18, Willie Dennis, 19, and Tsenre Mosley were later arrested and charged with murder. The case was investigated by the Atlanta Public Schools Police Department.

May 23: Shortly after 10 a.m., police were notified of a person lying in the middle of a street in the English Avenue neighborhood. Jeron George was found at the intersection of Jett Street and Sunset Avenue with what appeared to be “a trauma wound,” according to police. He was 24. The case remains under investigation.

May 22: Dominic McKibbins, 18, was killed and another man was critically injured during a shooting around 11 p.m. outside Club Bankhead and Fox Phase II on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway in northwest Atlanta. Seven suspects have been arrested and indicted on murder and gang charges.

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May 20: Devon Mitchell, 17, died after being shot on May 11 at the Washington Park Natatorium, 102 Ollie Street in northwest Atlanta, according to police. Devon is survived by his mother and three siblings, according to his online obituary. The teenager dreamed working as a truck driver and in real estate, his mother said. “He didn’t deserve that,” Barbara Mitchell told the AJC. “He’s not going to see 18. He’s not going to be able to live his life.”

May 15: Around 11:08 p.m., officers responded to 3871 Redwine Road SW. and found a man lying in the parking lot with an apparent gunshot wound. Latrez Williams was 25.

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May 12: Shortly after 10 p.m., police responded to the 2000 block of Sylvan Road. Demarcus Bolton, 35, had been shot. Bolton lived in Conyers, according to his online obituary. On May 24, Reginald Roberts, 33, was charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

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May 3: Amy St. Pierre, 38, died in the shooting at Northside Medical Midtown, which injured four other women and led to an eight-hour manhunt. St. Pierre, who lived in Virginia-Highland with her husband and young children, had gone to the medical office for a doctor’s appointment. St. Pierre was a public health analyst focusing on maternal mortality issues for the CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health. Deion Patterson, 24, faces a murder charge and four counts of aggravated assault.

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April 30: At around 4:15 p.m., officers were called to a home in the 3100 block of Forrest Park Road and found Larry LaGrant Jr., 40, shot to death.

April 23: Gatti Douse, 45, was shot to death in northwest Atlanta’s English Avenue neighborhood. The case remains under investigation.

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April 20: Around 6 a.m., two shootings were reported about a mile apart. First, dispatchers were alerted that Jalen Curtis, 19, was shot at the Flipper Temple Apartments on Abner Terrace. Then they got the call that Korri Jackson, 26, was shot at the One Riverside West community on Main Street. In June, investigators ruled both shootings were homicides. Jackson was a military veteran working two jobs to support his dreams, his family said. John’Kevious Anderson was arrested and charged for Jackson’s murder.

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April 19: Xavier Simmons, 20, was shot and killed at Westside Park in the 1600 block of Johnson Road. “Xavier had a rough life,” a GoFundMe page stated. “He went from being in the foster care system, group homes, shelters and homeless. He did not let his situation turn him into an evil person, he was just living in an evil cruel world.” Days later, Kameron Deal, 21, was arrested and charged with murder.

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April 19: Derek Alexander, 21, died after being shot at 3718 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in southwest Atlanta, according to police. Alexander owned the Nema Me Ama clothing line, according to his Facebook page. Alexander, a business administration student at Georgia State University, was best known for his dry, sarcastic humor, his sister said. Quataven Williams, 19, was arrested in mid-September on charges of murder and aggravated assault.

April 19: Officers were called to the 2900 block of Humphries Drive at about 12:15 p.m. and found Michael Thornton, 66, had been shot. The case remains under investigation.

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April 18: Rasheeda Williams, 35, who was known as Koko Da Doll or Hollywood Koko, was found dead shortly before 11 p.m. at Holmes Plaza on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Williams was featured in an award-winning documentary, “Kokomo City,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and was getting ready to drop a rap album. Jermarcus Jernigan, 17, was later arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault.

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April 14: Ossie Turner, 62, was shot and killed in the West End neighborhood in southwest Atlanta. Officers were called to a residence along Oak Street at about 10:15 p.m. and found Turner injured. According to an incident report, the shooting stemmed from a residential robbery.

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April 14: Shortly before 5 p.m., officers were called to the Fairburn Gordon Apartments at 195 Fairburn Road after Melinda Stevenson, 44, was found dead by family members. She had blunt force trauma to the head and neck. A suspect was later charged in the case.

April 14: Officers were called to the Cheshire Motor Inn along Cheshire Bridge Road at about 10:45 a.m. There they found Michael Fuller, 54, unconscious and not breathing.

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April 11: Hairstylist Ashley Burton, 37, was shot to death at the City Park Atlanta apartments on Fairburn Road. She was the second Black transgender woman shot and killed in April in southwest Atlanta. In June, Darius Mills, 31, was charged with murder while in the Fulton County jail on unrelated charges. He was also charged with armed robbery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

April 7: Officers were called to a McClendon Circle home in northwest Atlanta shortly before 6 p.m. Sheldron Lamar Mallory, 38, was found behind the home in the woods. He had been shot in the chest. The case remains under investigation.

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April 6: An argument between two men led to a shooting that killed Corey Gladney, 36. Officers were called to Cooper Street near Fulton Street in the Mechanicsville neighborhood around 3:30 a.m. The case remains under investigation. “Corey had a heart of GOLD, and I pray that we will all find comfort during this difficult time,” his sister wrote on a GoFundMe page.

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April 4: Camryn Price, 21, from South Carolina was killed as she left the Magic City strip club on Forsyth Street with a man, according to police. The couple’s vehicle was shot shortly after 3:20 a.m. near the intersection of Pryor and Fulton streets, and they stopped for help on the nearby ramp to the Downtown Connector. In November, Jacori Echols was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

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April 3: Elijah Jackson, 27, was killed in a shooting that injured three others at Flipper Temple apartments along Abner Terrace. Jackson and the others injured had met with the alleged gunman before shots were fired, police said.

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March 31: Rodrickus Little, 21, was shot to death at a gas station on Metropolitan Parkway after a dispute with someone, police said. Another man was also shot but survived. The case remains under investigation.

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March 28: Derrick Williams, 51, was shot at the Metro Quik Mart along Metropolitan Parkway in southwest Atlanta about 7:20 p.m. Williams died at the hospital. “You were the definition of a true gentleman...always positive and uplifting,” a loved one posted on Williams’ online obituary. Charlie Cooper, 49, was charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm as a felon.

March 27: Around 3:45 a.m., officers responded to a vehicle accident at Jonesboro Road SE and I-285 eastbound between an 18-wheeler and a sedan. Kefing Jackman-Southerland, 32, was dead in the driver’s seat of the sedan. He had been shot to death. The case remains under investigation.

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March 24: Shortly before 7 a.m., a 911 caller reported seeing a person down on North Camp Creek Parkway. Jaquavious Anderson, 25, who lived about eight miles away, had been shot. In July, Eddie Bolton was arrested and charged with murder, according to police. The arrested violated Bolton’s parole in a previous case so he was returned to state prison to await charges, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections and jail records. Deapplo Byrd was also charged in the murder.

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March 24: Owen Jackson, 31, was found shot to death inside his car at South Bend Park in southeast Atlanta. Jackson was the father of a 3-month-old, according to a friend. Lamont Adrien, Jackson’s best friend and roommate, told Channel 2 Action News the new father was a mechanic originally from Detroit.

March 16: A shooting in the parking lot of the American Deli on Hill Street in southeast Atlanta killed LaNorris McFadden, 22. Investigators said McFadden was killed by someone he knew. In April, the case was ruled a homicide, according to police. In late October, Antoine Whiteside, 21, of College Park, was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

March 15: Investigators said Adonnis Williams was shot around 10:50 p.m. the night before at a gas station on MLK Drive. He then made his way around the corner to the 100 block of Gordon Terrace, where he collapsed and was found the following morning. He was 21. Two 9mm shell casings and 23 bullets were recovered at the scene, police said. A suspect was later charged in the case.

March 8: Hannah Namati, 30, was found shot to death at an apartment complex on Springdale Road. She was the mother of three, according to her obituary. The case remains under investigation.

March 8: Police responded to a shooting call around 2:15 a.m. in the 400 block of Cleveland Avenue between I-75 and I-85. There, they found Alphonso Faulks, 54, dead from a gunshot wound. A second man was also injured. The case remains under investigation.

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Feb. 28: Jatonne Sterling, a Clark Atlanta University student and baseball player, was shot and killed on Beckwith Street near campus. He was 20. Two days later, Atlanta police announced that Keontay Holliman-Peoples, 25, was charged with felony murder.

Feb. 26: Theodore Powell, 50, died after being shot multiple times at 72 Marietta Street. Officers were called to the scene at about 3 p.m. and found Powell with gunshot wounds and a cut to his head. A warrant was issued in April and in October, Bryson Sinclair, 20, was arrested on charges of murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Feb. 26: Tarsem Singh II, 35, was shot multiple times in the 290 block of Deering Road in the Loring Heights neighborhood. Singh, of Marietta, is survived by a son, according to his obituary.

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Feb. 17: Julian Kolb, 20, was shot to death in the 1300 block of Allegheny Street shortly before 5 p.m. His 10-month-old daughter was in the back seat of his car but was not injured. Kolb was a student at Georgia State University, his mother said.

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Feb. 17: Christopher Reese, 34, died from the injuries he sustained when he was shot Jan. 24. Officers were called to The Villages at Carver apartments along Moury Avenue at about 1 p.m. Witnesses said they heard gunshots and saw the victim lying on the ground. Reese is survived by his parents and a son, according to his obituary.

Feb. 10: Officers were called to Atlanta Fire Rescue Station 9 at 3501 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive around 11 p.m. and found Jerrod Willingham, 31, had been shot. He died at Grady Memorial Hospital.

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Feb. 6: Collice Walton, 25, was killed when a fight among teenagers led to gunfire in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood. The shooting took place at a home in the 3000 block of Saville Street in the Park in Princeton Lakes neighborhood, Atlanta police said.

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Feb. 4: A longtime businessman in the Atlanta nightlife scene, Michael Gidewon, 50, was found shot and killed at one of his clubs, according to police. The shooting happened at Republic Lounge on Brady Avenue. Atlanta police said they were called to the business shortly before 7 a.m.

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Feb. 1: Kevin McAfee, 22, was shot in a unit at the Adams House apartment complex on Campbellton Road. He died from his injuries. Melissa Charlot, the father of McAfee’s two children, told officers “had a gun on her, and the gun went off.” The case was ruled a homicide in October and in December, Charlot, 26, was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault. McAfee was “a fun-loving kid growing up, and even as an adult, he had a smile that would warm the coldest heart,” his family wrote in his obituary. “He had a love for robotics, music, gardening, and was exceptional in cooking.”

Jan. 28: Kenny Ponder, 28, died after being shot at a food mart at 807 Conley Road in southeast Atlanta. Someone attempted to drive Ponder to Grady Memorial Hospital, but paramedics met them after the driver was stopped by an officer. Ponder died before arriving at the hospital.

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Jan. 28: Aneicia Temple, 25, died after being shot by her boyfriend in a breezeway at the Northside Plaza Apartment Homes on Markham Street in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood, according to police. She was the first female homicide victim of 2023 in Atlanta. Shyheem Donley was arrested the same day and charged with murder and aggravated assault.

Jan. 27: Atlanta police were called around 8:20 a.m. to 30 Marietta Street in Five Points and found Eric Moffett, 30, shot to death. Lloyd Salley, 57, was arrested in Raleigh, N.C. months after the shooting after U.S. Marshals found him at a relative’s home.

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Jan. 25: Edgar Crooks, 40, died after being shot at small commercial center at the intersection of Moreland Avenue and Memorial Drive at about 6:40 p.m. Investigators said the shooting happened inside the In The Mixx salon, where a few people had gathered. Phillip Thomas, was arrested at the scene and was later charged with murder. He is currently free on $90,000 bond and awaiting trial, court records showed.

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Jan. 21: Deshon DuBose, 13, was fatally shot after leaving the Cascade Family Skating rink in southwest Atlanta. He had been there with other teenagers and was shot after gunfire erupted between two groups, a witness told police. Deshon was a seventh grader at Drew Charter School. Chiurazzi Bailey Jr., 16, was arrested in March and charged with murder.

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Jan. 14: Around 11:30 p.m., officers were called to a Buckhead apartment complex on a report of a shooting. Vionta Yancey, 21, died in the complex located in the 8200 block of Brookwood Valley Circle. Two weeks later, the death became a homicide investigation, according to police.

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