Santrell Wood, 34, was found fatally shot on a Decatur sidewalk in the early morning of March 2, 2022. A person walking to work discovered his body in front of the Austin Plaza on Glenwood Road near Iris Lane and alerted authorities; officers arrived shortly after 5 a.m. and confirmed he had died of a gunshot wound. For a period he was listed as a John Doe until the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office identified him.

There were no witnesses and no reported gunfire at the time, leaving motive unclear in the immediate aftermath. A week later, on March 8, 2022, 23-year-old Richard Hardon was arrested in Clayton County on an outstanding aggravated assault warrant; DeKalb County police subsequently named him as a suspect in Wood’s killing. Hardon was also being held on two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon and faced a murder charge in DeKalb County related to Wood’s death.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything the morning of March 2 that could help fill the gaps in this case?