Geoffrey Geo Canty was 19 when he was killed in Atlanta on December 11, 2021. The death occurred during Canty’s lunch break in the parking lot of his job; he was shot three times in the stomach and left to bleed out after what investigators say began as a gun sale that turned into a robbery.

Prosecutors say the seller had arranged to sell Canty a gun for $300, accepted the money, then used that gun to shoot him and took both the money and the weapon. Social media posts by the accused, made minutes before the shooting, were cited as part of the evidence described at trial. The jury convicted the defendant on counts that included malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault.

The Clayton County District Attorney’s Office said the verdict might bring some measure of peace to Canty’s family. If anyone has information about Canty’s life, who he spent time with, or the circumstances that led to that December day, please come forward.