On the late afternoon of August 17, 2021, a drug transaction at the Orchard Park shopping center on Dunwoody Club Drive in Sandy Springs, Georgia, turned violent and left 22-year-old Yemi Ezekiel Mabiaku dead. The exchange involved a large quantity of marijuana; shots were fired and Mabiaku was struck five times in the back. Another person was wounded and survived. Emergency services arrived about 5:20 p.m., but Mabiaku succumbed to his injuries.

Investigators identified 27-year-old Davonte Lavonne Childs as the primary suspect and issued a warrant the day after the shooting. Childs remained a fugitive for roughly two and a half years while investigators in Georgia and Ohio worked to locate him. In early January 2024, tips placed Childs in Euclid, Ohio; on February 1, 2024, U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement confronted him at a Tungston Avenue residence. He initially pointed a handgun at officers, later surrendered after negotiation, and two firearms were recovered from the home. He is awaiting extradition to Georgia to face homicide charges in Mabiaku’s death.

Does anyone have information about the August 17, 2021 transaction or who else was present at Orchard Park that afternoon?