On a November morning in 2022, 44-year-old Reginald McDonald went to Columbia Mill Apartments on Flat Shoals Road in DeKalb County to help a young woman he considered a stepdaughter change a flat tire. While he was assisting her, an argument occurred between that woman’s ex-girlfriend, Zarmayah Tyson, and the stepdaughter.

McDonald’s wife, Arista Pittman, described him as a loving and devoted husband and father; the couple shared a 2-year-old son. Tyson fled the scene after the shooting on November 9. A search by the DeKalb County Police located and arrested her in Texas on November 23 in connection with McDonald’s murder. The family has been pleading for justice after his sudden death.

If anyone was in or near Columbia Mill Apartments that morning and saw what happened or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please share what you know.