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Artez Jamil Benton, 23, was shot and killed after a dispute in the parking lot of a Buckhead shopping center on Peachtree Road on June 26, 2022. Benton, a DeKalb County native, was one of three men struck by gunfire that night and was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died. Family described him as hardworking and training to become an electrician, with plans to own a home and start a clothing company.

Atlanta police identified Ahmed Obafemi, a music executive known as Chaka Zulu and the longtime manager of rapper Ludacris, as the suspect; warrants were issued and Obafemi was charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and simple battery. Security footage released from the parking lot showed a physical confrontation involving several people that escalated to gunfire. Obafemi’s legal team has asserted he acted in self-defense.

Did anyone in the Buckhead area see or record events in the shopping center parking lot that night?