Deven Tillis, 28, was shot and killed on July 24, 2022, in Stone Mountain, Georgia. According to family accounts, the shooting occurred as Tillis left a Citgo on Rockbridge Road after heading to his 8-year-old son’s football game; a car approached the gas station and gunfire erupted. He was shot in the stomach, was able to give first responders his name and social security number, but died after being taken to a local hospital.

Tillis had recently accepted a new job with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and was described by family as a young father with plans for the future. The DeKalb County Police Department opened a homicide investigation that resulted in the arrest of Morgan Bailey, identified as the driver of the vehicle from which shots were fired and charged with murder. The person who pulled the trigger remains at large and investigators continue to seek information.

If anyone has information about the shooter’s identity or the events at the Citgo on July 24, please contact DeKalb County police.