On Sunday afternoon, February 27, 2022, 21-year-old Dakota Jovan McGee of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was shot near the intersection of Macland Drive and McCart Road in Gwinnett County. Officers arrived after a 911 call around 3:45 p.m. and found McGee and another man in his 20s with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to a hospital; McGee died shortly after arrival and the other victim survived.

Investigators say the shooting was drug-related and that those involved had arranged to meet at that location. A 24-year-old Lawrenceville man, Brendyn Walker, was among the injured, was taken to the hospital, and was later arrested and booked on charges including felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. A second suspect, 21-year-old Brendon Woods of Lawrenceville, was arrested in Gastonia, North Carolina, with U.S. Marshals’ assistance and faces the same charges; he was awaiting extradition to Gwinnett County.

The investigation and legal proceedings are ongoing. Did anyone in the area see activity near Macland Drive and McCart Road that afternoon or know Dakota’s movements leading up to the meeting?