Senior Correctional Officer Scott Riner, 59, was shot and killed in the employee parking lot of the Gwinnett County Comprehensive Correctional Complex in Lawrenceville, Georgia, on December 13, 2022. He had arrived about 40 minutes early for his 7 a.m. shift when someone approached the passenger side of his vehicle. After an interaction that remains only partly described, Riner was shot, fell to the ground, and was shot again; his assailant fled on foot and Riner’s body was later found near the vehicle.

The Gwinnett Police Homicide Unit, U.S. Marshals Service, ATF, and county offices led the investigation. Detectives released surveillance images and, three days after the killing, Gwinnett County SWAT apprehended 22-year-old Yahya Abdulkadir in Lithonia without incident. He was initially charged with felony murder and aggravated assault and later indicted on malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Investigators said no motive has been released and the two did not appear to know each other.

Riner was remembered at his funeral as a devoted husband of 22 years, father, grandfather, and a corrections officer well-liked by colleagues and inmates. He was posthumously inducted into Gwinnett County’s Fallen Heroes Memorial in May 2023. Does anyone have information about Riner’s last morning or the events in the employee parking lot that day?