On a summer afternoon at Anderson Park Recreation Center in Atlanta on July 24, 2021, 17-year-old Jakari Bird Dillard was fatally shot during a dispute that began at a public pool. The argument reportedly started over a pool game and did not initially involve Jakari, but a gunshot struck him in the chest. He was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries. The shooting occurred in front of his siblings, ages 3 to 18, and his mother arrived before the ambulance to find him bleeding.

Jakari was a rising senior at Life Christian Academy and had survived nine heart surgeries. The city temporarily closed all 12 public outdoor pools afterward and announced safety changes, including metal detectors at some locations. Atlanta police identified a suspect and issued a murder warrant for Fernando Leanthony Felton; he was arrested in March 2022 in East Point and held at the Fulton County Jail without bond. A Fulton County grand jury indicted Felton in June 2022 on murder and related firearms charges.

If anyone was at Anderson Park on July 24, 2021, or has information about the shooting, please share what you know.