Don Wardlaw, 46, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of January 27, 2022, in a road rage incident on Rockbridge Road in Gwinnett County. According to accounts, Wardlaw was driving to work when another vehicle followed him; after Wardlaw made a U-turn to try to escape the tailing driver, the other driver opened fire and struck Wardlaw. His vehicle then crashed into the front yard of a nearby home; the homeowner discovered Wardlaw inside the vehicle, gravely wounded, around 4:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and investigators determined the gunshot wound was the cause of death rather than the crash.

Police identified 61-year-old Michael Charles Jackson of DeKalb County as the shooter. Jackson was arrested and charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. At trial Jackson represented himself; the jury convicted him on all counts and a judge later sentenced him to life in prison without parole. Jackson had a prior second-degree murder conviction from 1989 in North Carolina that was also reported to involve a road rage incident.

Wardlaw left behind two children, a son and a daughter; family members described him as a hero to his son and a loving father to his daughter. Does anyone who lived near Rockbridge Road that morning have information or recollections that could add detail to what happened?