On the evening of August 31, 2021, Paulette Smith returned to the Laurel Pointe Apartments in Forest Park, Georgia, and found her 22-year-old son, Johnathan McWilliams, unresponsive in his bedroom with multiple gunshot wounds. The back door of the apartment was open when Clayton County officers arrived; McWilliams was pronounced dead at the scene in the 200 block of Morrow Road.

Johnathan was a young father who left behind a year-and-a-half-old daughter and a son. Family members described him as quiet and without known enemies and have said they are baffled by who would want to harm him. They have been active keeping the case public, distributing flyers and revisiting the apartment complex on what would have been his 24th birthday to remember him and renew their appeal for information.

Investigators interviewed a person of interest after a tip, but that interview did not result in an arrest. As of May 2023, no arrests have been announced and Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to those responsible. Does anyone who lived near Laurel Pointe Apartments in 2021 or who knew Johnathan have information that could help the family?