Cha’leb Christopher Brown, 25, was shot and killed in Douglasville, Georgia, on the night of November 6, 2020. Police were called to Ravenswood Apartments just before 10 p.m. and found Brown on the ground with a single gunshot wound to the neck; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Witnesses said the confrontation began after a social media post that identified Malik Jeremiah Mason as a rat. Mason, 24, and his girlfriend Destiny Bianca Henry, 31, both from Douglasville, arrived at the complex and argued with Brown in the parking lot. The dispute escalated and, according to reports, Mason — described by the victim as a best friend — shot the unarmed Brown in the presence of a minor child. Mason and Henry fled; Henry was arrested about a week later and Mason was apprehended in Alabama several days after the shooting.

Henry later pleaded guilty to hindering the apprehension of a criminal and agreed to testify against Mason. Mason was tried, convicted on multiple counts including two counts of felony murder, and sentenced to life without parole plus an additional 16 years. Does anyone have information about the events at Ravenswood Apartments that night or knew Cha’leb Brown?