On Thanksgiving evening, November 26, 2020, 20-year-old Aracna Nashard ’AJ’ Copeland was found in a parking lot on Hardee Street in Atlanta with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. He died at the scene. Copeland was born in Atlanta on February 4, 2000, and was known to friends and family as AJ.

Investigators identified a suspect, and on January 7, 2021, the Atlanta Police Department’s fugitive task force and the Georgia State Patrol apprehended Tyrone Turner in Monroe County. Turner was charged with Copeland’s murder and held pending extradition to Atlanta.

Anyone who knew AJ, saw activity around Amani Place on November 26, 2020, or has information that could help investigators is asked to come forward.