Justin Rock Powell was 16 when he was killed in a shootout at the Retreat at Greenbriar apartments in southwest Atlanta on the evening of December 17, 2022. The violence began after a dispute that had played out on social media and escalated when one group of teenagers arrived armed and another group returned gunfire.

Justin and his 14-year-old best friend, Malik Grover, were both fatally wounded. Three other youths — an 11-year-old boy, a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl — were also injured. Justin’s parents, Natosha and Erik Hinton, said he liked video games and TV and had been wearing an ankle monitor at one point while the family tried to steer him away from a bad crowd.

The Atlanta Police Homicide Unit identified a suspect and arrest warrants for 19-year-old Montavius Ferguson were issued December 23, 2022. Ferguson surrendered December 30 and was charged with Justin’s murder; police did not release information about other possible suspects. Does anyone who knew Justin or was in the area that night have information to share?