Javeon Bino Billings was 21 when he was shot on October 2, 2020, in the 3600 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta. He was taken to a hospital and died of a gunshot wound to the head on October 4, 2020. The Atlanta Police Department opened an investigation into the killing.

Nearly two weeks after the shooting, two teenagers surrendered to police. Joshua Witherspoon, 19, and a 16-year-old whose name was withheld because of his age were charged after investigators obtained arrest warrants; the pair faced felony murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault charges. Witherspoon was booked into the Fulton County jail, and the younger teen was placed in a youth detention center.

Court records later show that a third person, Jeremiah Andrew Johnson, 19, was also charged in the murder. Police say the shooting followed a meeting arranged for a gun exchange. Johnson was granted bond on the murder charge.