Jerome Emmanuel McKibbens, 33, was shot and killed the late evening of August 16, 2021, at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Fairburn Road in Atlanta. He was found with a gunshot wound and died at the scene; the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound.

Police treated the death as suspicious and the Atlanta Police Department canvassed the area and reviewed nearby surveillance footage. Detectives later identified several persons of interest, but investigators faced a shortage of concrete evidence and witnesses willing to testify. Despite public appeals, vigils, and rallies kept the case in public view, no arrests have been announced and the homicide remains under active investigation.

If anyone saw activity near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Fairburn Road on August 16, 2021, or has information about Jerome Emmanuel McKibbens’s death, please come forward.