On the evening of November 30, 2021, a domestic dispute at a home on Jervis Court in Rex, Georgia ended with multiple people shot and four dead, including 70-year-old Mary Gilliam. Clayton County officers responded after multiple 911 calls about a disturbance and gunfire. Before police arrived, 35-year-old Arthur Allen Gilliam shot two women inside the house, one of whom was Mary Gilliam, and also shot a 12-year-old boy in the face. The boy escaped and led officers to the scene.

Officers were met with gunfire as they approached; Field Training Officer Henry Laxson was fatally wounded and another officer, Alex Chandler, was shot in the hand. Tactical officers returned fire and killed Arthur Allen Gilliam at the scene. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is handling the officer-involved shooting probe while Clayton County police are investigating the deaths of the two women. The initial shootings were described as stemming from a domestic dispute; the specific relationships among those involved have not been released.

If anyone knew Mary Gilliam or has information about the events on Jervis Court, please come forward.