Thomas Jefferson Byrd, 70, was killed in southwest Atlanta after a burst of gunfire shattered the early morning quiet on October 3, 2020. Police found him unresponsive in the yard of a home on Belvedere Avenue at about 1:45 a.m. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his back and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Byrd was widely known as a gifted stage and screen actor, noted for his work in Spike Lee films. Investigators treated the death as a homicide and, in the days after the shooting, worked using physical evidence and public tips. Nearly two weeks later, Atlanta police announced an arrest: Antonio Demetrice Rhynes, 30, of Atlanta, taken into custody at the Royal Oaks Apartments and charged by warrant with felony murder. Reporting at the time said police had not publicly released a motive.

Did anyone in Atlanta know Byrd, his movements that night, or have information about what led to the shooting?