On July 13, 2022, at about 2:30 a.m., 36-year-old Demario Kentrell Parrish was shot and killed at a Chevron on the 2400 block of Candler Road in Decatur, Georgia. Parrish had intervened in a heated argument at the pumps because he believed a woman was in danger. He was shot twice and died at the scene.

Family described Parrish as a loving, protective father of three whose instinct to help others defined him. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit, with help from the DeKalb County Police Department K9 Unit, located and arrested 25-year-old Jimmy Holmes at Candler Forest Apartments on August 11, 2022; Holmes was charged with Aggravated Assault and Murder in connection with Parrish’s death.

Anyone who was at the Chevron that night or who has information about what happened is asked to come forward.