On the night of October 25, 2020, 41-year-old Jesse Miles Dempsey was shot while driving a white GMC Sierra pickup on Interstate 20 near Decatur, Georgia. A single gunshot shattered the truck’s rear window and struck Dempsey in the head. He was taken to hospital but died later that night.

The pickup came to a stop in the middle of the interstate after the shooting and was then struck by another vehicle. The driver of that second car, 39-year-old Marie Fleuristin, exited her vehicle and was fatally struck by a passing semi-truck. Dempsey’s girlfriend, who was riding beside him and initially thought a tire had blown, survived but witnessed the events.

Investigators have not established a motive or identified a clear suspect, and it remains unclear whether Dempsey was specifically targeted or the victim of a random act of highway violence. Does anyone have information about travel on I-20 that night or observations that could help the investigation?