Terence 'Favors' Denson, 36, was shot to death outside 656 Sports Bar and Grille at Pryor Street and Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in Atlanta’s Mechanicsville neighborhood on the evening of September 8, 2022. A dispute at the bar escalated into gunfire; Denson suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man was shot and survived.

Denson was a father and community activist who had turned away from a troubled past to mentor youth. Months earlier his 15-year-old son, Terence Denson Jr., had been shot and killed in June 2022. After that loss Denson organized book bag drives and community clean-ups and was working to launch Better Youth Living Corporation. His cousin has taken over efforts to continue that work.

The Atlanta Police Department opened a homicide investigation but have not announced any arrests or identified suspects and the case remains unsolved. If anyone knew Terence, his work in Mechanicsville, or saw what happened that night, please share information with investigators.