A dispute at an apartment complex in Clayton County, Georgia, in the late hours of a Saturday night in August 2022 ended with 19-year-old Kiyre Allen shot dead. Police were called to the Park at Leeds Apartments on Riverdale Road on August 13, 2022, after a shooting that wounded five people; four survived with non-life-threatening injuries, while Allen was pronounced dead at the scene. He had recently graduated from Creekside High School and was reportedly with friends, a group of aspiring entertainers, preparing to go to a show when the violence began.

Family members say the confrontation arose over an allegedly stolen dirt bike. Allen’s mother says he was trying to de-escalate when gunfire struck the car they were in. Investigators spent more than two years on the case; in December 2024 police identified four suspects and sought arrest warrants for Lathurston Hoffler, Marcus D. Brown, Lamonta Thomas, and an unnamed fourth male. Hoffler and Thomas were taken into custody; jail records show Thomas, 22 at arrest, faces malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and battery. Marcus D. Brown and the fourth suspect remain at large.

Does anyone have information about Marcus D. Brown or the unidentified fourth man who can help bring answers for Kiyre’s family?