On July 9, 2021, Naeem James, a Black man from Lithonia, was fatally shot on Salem Trail in DeKalb County. Investigators treated the shooting as a homicide from the start, though public details released at the time were spare.

Weeks after the killing, authorities concentrated on finding who was responsible. In late August 2021 the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office announced an arrest: 20-year-old Tremayne Latner of Decatur was taken into custody on Marietta Street in Atlanta and booked into the DeKalb County Jail on a charge of malice murder, held without bond. The arrest shifted the case from an active manhunt to a prosecution with a named suspect.

Did anyone in Lithonia or DeKalb County have information about Naeem James, his movements that day, or the events on Salem Trail?