On October 15, 2021, 38-year-old Patrick Donnell Ponder Sr. was fatally shot on Lynn Iris Drive in Decatur, Georgia. The shooting occurred on a residential street and left the neighborhood reeling.

Investigators moved quickly. On October 21, 2021, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office arrested 41-year-old Darien Everett Jones and charged him with malice murder in connection with Ponder’s death. Jones was taken into custody without incident and was held at the DeKalb County Jail without bond. No motive had been made public at the time of the arrest.

Are there readers who knew Patrick or who have information about what happened on Lynn Iris Drive that day?