Royce Akil Cross, 40, was fatally shot in Decatur, Georgia, on November 24, 2022. DeKalb County Police responded about 11:37 a.m. after reports of a person shot and found Cross in the middle of a parking lot on Candler Road with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries.

Investigators identified two areas of interest in the vicinity: one outside a local seafood restaurant and another near an apartment complex. Witnesses reported Cross exchanged gunfire with another person before he was fatally wounded. In the parking lot near the apartments, police recovered several evidence markers and a handgun.

Friends and family described Cross as kind and compassionate; a homegoing service was held December 9, 2022, at Greenforest Community Baptist Church in Decatur. No arrests or suspects had been publicly named and the DeKalb County Police Department continued to investigate.

If anyone has information about what happened that morning, please share it with investigators.