Clayton County police Monday were investigating an overnight shooting near Conley that left one person dead.

Channel 2 Action News reported that 21-year-old John Goodrum was hit by gunfire during a party after some feuding, uninvited guests arrived at a home on John Arnold Way.

Raeona Buggs told Channel 2 that she came outside immediately after a stray bullet hit Goodrum, who was sitting on her porch. Goodrum had been attending a birthday party for Buggs' mother.

"It happened in front of my door. I was standing right there," Buggs said.

Neighbor Precious Thomas, who told Channel 2 that she heard the shooting, said, "He [was] just an innocent bystander, lost his life like that."

No arrests have been made in the case.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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