On the morning of Friday, December 10, 2021, 24-year-old Knox Panter was shot in the chest outside his grandparents’ home in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of East Point, Georgia. Panter had gone outside after hearing a suspicious noise and confronted two men who were attempting to break into his work truck. He was taken to Atlanta Medical Center but did not survive.

Panter had survived childhood cancer and ran his own tree service; his truck was essential to his work. Friends and family described him as quiet, humble, and hardworking. Surveillance footage from the night shows two men who had been seen trying to break into other cars in the area; police say those men fled in a small, dark-colored four-door sedan and remain at large.

Police have released images and asked the public for help identifying the suspects. If anyone has information about the incident, the vehicle, or the men seen on surveillance, please contact East Point Police.