Michael Patrick Shinners was 60 and worked as the property manager for the 1280 West condominium building in Midtown Atlanta. On August 22, 2022, around 1:45 p.m., he was shot and killed inside the building’s management office. A colleague, building engineer Mike Horne, was wounded in the same incident.

Authorities identified a resident, 34-year-old Raissa Kengne, as the person who allegedly entered the office and opened fire; she had expressed grievances against building management and a former employer and later traveled to another Midtown location where Wesley Freeman, her former supervisor at an accounting firm, was also shot and killed. Kengne was arrested that same day at the international terminal of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and was charged with multiple counts including two counts of murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and illegal weapons charges.

Family and residents remembered Shinners as a beloved, upstanding professional who had been dedicated to his community, and his family said he attempted to help the person who shot him in his final moments. Does anyone have information about Shinners’ work at 1280 West or the events inside the management office that afternoon?