Christopher Demetrius Dixon, 25, was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest on Brown Street in Gainesville, Georgia, in the late morning of November 8, 2022. He was transported to a nearby medical center and later died of his injuries.

Investigators say two people involved initially barricaded themselves in a unit at the Harrison Square apartment complex, prompting a large police response and a SWAT deployment; the apartment was later found empty. Law enforcement identified two teenage brothers, 17-year-old Syn’sere Antrell Deshaun Patton and 16-year-old Jamarco Patton, as responsible for Dixon’s death. The brothers turned themselves in in the Atlanta area and were charged as adults with felony murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated assault. Syn’sere Patton was booked into the Hall County Jail; Jamarco Patton was placed in the Regional Youth Detention Center in Gainesville and both were held without bond.

The sheriff’s office described the shooting as isolated and said motive was not immediately clear. Does anyone have information about Dixon or the scene on Brown Street that could help fill in what happened?