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On the morning of January 21, 2021, 34-year-old Frederick Rooks was found dead in the street at the intersection of Deep Shoals Circle and Corners Crossing in the Panthersville area of Decatur, Georgia. DeKalb County police say he had multiple gunshot wounds to his face and leg and was pronounced dead at the scene; several bullet casings were recovered nearby.

Security camera footage showed a white BMW SUV speeding away after the shots, and a license plate reader captured that vehicle in the area that morning. A family member reported Rooks had last been seen with his cousin, Ricky Lamar Hawk, who drove a white BMW SUV. Hawk was arrested on February 1, 2021, and charged with Rooks’ murder; investigators say Hawk admitted to the shooting, ballistics linked casings to a gun found with him, and GPS data placed his SUV at the scene. No motive has been publicly released.

Did anyone in the Panthersville or Decatur area see the white BMW that morning or have information about Rooks’ last movements?