In the early hours of July 21, 2022, near Norris Lake in Snellville, Georgia, 19-year-old Aiden Reynolds of Conyers and his 17-year-old friend John Pendrack of Snellville were found shot to death. Police say they responded about 12:30 a.m. after a call reporting a person shot on Lake Drive and discovered both young men with multiple gunshot wounds. A neighbor reported hearing about a dozen shots and a girl screaming before calling 911. Pendrack’s girlfriend had been waiting in the car and awoke to the gunfire; she later found the two victims and witnessed one of them take his last breath.

Family described Reynolds as a good kid who was funny, sweet, caring, and helpful. Gwinnett County investigators say a 16-year-old, Le Quan Dempsey, arranged to meet the pair pretending to buy marijuana, then shot them in what prosecutors describe as an attempted robbery, firing a total of 14 rounds into their backs. Dempsey was tried as an adult and, in April 2023, convicted and given life without parole. Who knew Aiden or John and can share memories or information about that night?