Atlanta’s 2023 homicide victims

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. He died from his injuries. The case remains under investigation.

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, police said. Cole was part of a musical family and was the grandson of Freddy Cole and great-nephew to 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.

Sept. 8: Demontrez Ross, 24, was shot and killed after an argument at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex, authorities said. Officers responded to the Villas at Princeton Lakes at 751 Fairburn Road around 2:35 p.m. regarding a person shot call. Ross died at the scene. The case remains under investigation. On a GoFundMe page, a sibling wrote that Ross, “was a big family man he lit up every room he stepped in with his energy and smile, loved every kid he came in contact with!”

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, 19-year-old Javonte Scrutchins was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, robbery by snatching, second-degree cruelty to children and multiple gun counts.

Sept. 3: Officers were called to the 400 block of Whitehall Street in Mechanicsville, where they found 30-year-old Alexus Anderson suffering from a gunshot wound. 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.

Sept. 2: Officers responded around noon to the 900 block of Margaret Place and found 64-year-old Kathy Moulder, who was not breathing. She died at a hospital. Winston Muhammad, 75, of Atlanta, was charged with murder after he allegedly shot his niece following an argument over eviction, police said.

Sept. 2: Shortly before 10 a.m., officers were called to the Magnolia Park apartment complex on Magnolia Way. The complex is about 4 miles from Westside Park in the Vine City neighborhood. There, officers found 28-year-old Cordale Duncan suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. Police identified 28-year-old Allen Pitts of Rex as a suspect. He was arrested the same day. Pitts and Duncan had known each other since they were 4 years old and grew up playing baseball together, the victim’s sister, Chartovia Duncan, wrote on a GoFundMe page.

Sept. 2: At around 3:05 a.m., officers were dispatched to 195 Fairburn Rd NW. There, officers found 44-year-old Theon Elliott dead from a gunshot wound.

Sept. 2: At about 1:05 a.m., Atlanta police found 31-year-old Freddie Lowe 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. 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 the year.

Aug. 28: A 33-year-old security guard, Sha’Darrian Jacobs, took a stray bullet to 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, a block north of the famed Fox Theatre.

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 he sustained a gunshot wound and blunt force trauma. He was identified as 51-year-old Robert Edwards.

Aug. 24: Investigators believe 25-year-old Teemah Nero 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. She died from her injuries. 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.

Aug. 21: Quionez 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.

Aug. 19: Officers were called to the 200 block of Peachtree Street around 6:10 a.m. regarding a person shot. The location is between the Garnett MARTA station and Atlanta Police Headquarters. Kelvin Fenior, 40, was found shot multiple times and pronounced dead, according to police.

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 43-year-old Tomika Niles with a gunshot wound. She died at the scene. “Tomika was such a gentle person,” one person wrote under her obituary. “A beautiful young lady with a heart of gold.”

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.

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 18-year-old Luis Salgado suffering from several gunshot wounds. He died from his injuries. The incident location, which is just west of downtown and near Spelman and Morehouse colleges

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.

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.

Aug. 9: Officers were called to the Oakland City West End apartments on Oakland Lane around 10 a.m. after getting reports of gunshots in the area. The victim, identified as 28-year-old Corey King, was dead when police arrived.

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.

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.

July 25: Officers arrived at around 7:40 p.m. at the Mark at West Midtown on Bishop Street and found 26-year-old Morgan Lawrence unresponsive after being shot. She died at the scene. The complex is located in the neighborhood of Loring Heights near the border of Buckhead and Atlantic Station. The case remains under investigation.

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 new boyfriend.

July 21: Officers were called to the Oakland Food Mart on Oakland Drive shortly before 9 p.m. about reports of a person shot. Daniel Davis, 22, was found dead from a gunshot wound at the location, authorities confirmed.

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, which is west of the Atlanta University Center Consortium. In August, a suspect, Willie Holt, was arrested and charged with murder, police said.

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 states.

July 13: Officers were called to a Texaco on Sylvan Road in the Sylvan Hills neighborhood at around 12:30 a.m. and found Darrien White with a gunshot wound, police said. The 38-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. 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.

July 9: Tovis Raines Jr., 29, died after being 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.

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

July 7: David Dominguez Reyes died July 7, 10 days after police found him at a Shell 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, but officials said his condition steadily worsened until he died. The case remains under investigation.

July 4: Chasin Homer, 24, was found shot to death in the parking lot of his southwest Atlanta apartment complex. Officers were called to the Grove Adams Park complex at 1991 Delowe Drive around 3:15 p.m. Homer died at the scene.

July 2: Leric Hall, 40, died after being shot at the Villages of East Lake apartments on Greenhaven Drive, police said. The southeast Atlanta complex is located near Glenwood Avenue just west of East Lake Golf Club.

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.

June 30: Cornelius Brooks, 36, died after a dispute ended in gunfire in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood, police said. Officers were called to Charleston Avenue shortly after 3 a.m. Brooks died at the scene.

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, an incident report states. A gun was found at the scene.

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.

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, lived in Rhine in south Georgia, according to his obituary.

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.

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.

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.

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.

May 30: Teisha Brewley was shot to death shortly before 4:30 a.m. while riding in a Cadillac Escalade, being used as an Uber vehicle, police said. She was 31. Investigators believe Brewley was targeted shortly 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.

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, and Willie Dennis, 19, were later arrested and charged with murder.

May 23: It was shortly after 10 a.m. when 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.

May 22: Dominic McKibbins, 18, was killed and another man was critically injured during a shooting outside Club Bankhead and Fox Phase II, a restaurant and event venue, in northwest Atlanta near Bankhead, police said. Atlanta police got a call around 11 p.m. about a person shot at 2555 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway.

May 20: Devon Mitchell, 17, died from his injuries after being shot on May 11 at the Washington Park Natatorium, located at 102 Ollie Street in northwest Atlanta, according to police. Devon is survived by his mother and three siblings, according to his online obituary.

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

May 12: Shortly after 10 p.m., police responded to 2000 block of Sylvan Road. Demarcus Bolton, 35, was found shot at least once and was pronounced dead at the scene. 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.

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.

April 30: At around 4:15 p.m., officers were called to a home in the 3100 block of Forrest Park Road near the Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

April 11: Ashley Burton, a 37-year-old hairstylist, was shot to death at the City Park Atlanta apartments on Fairburn Road. She was the second Black transgender woman to be shot and killed in April in southwest Atlanta. In June, Darius Mills, 31, was charged with Burton’s 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.

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.

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.

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

March 31: Rodrickus Little, 21, was shot to death at an Exxon gas station on Metropolitan Parkway after a dispute with another man, police said. Another man was also shot but survived.

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,” someone posted on Williams’ online obituary.

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.

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.

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.

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.

March 15: Investigators said Adonnis Williams was shot around 10:50 p.m. the night before at a Shell 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. on a report of gunfire. When they arrived, witnesses told them 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 was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital but did not survive.

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.

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.

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.

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 the year for 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. about a person shot at 30 Marietta Street in Five Points, near the business school of Georgia State University. Officers arrived and found Eric Moffett, 30, shot to death.

Jan. 21: Deshon DuBose, 13, was fatally shot after leaving the Cascade Family Skating rink in southwest Atlanta. The 13-year-old had been there with other teenagers and was shot after gunfire erupted between two groups in the area, a witness told police. Deshon was a seventh-grader at Drew Charter School.

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.