Christopher John Mackie Knight Jr., 24, died from gunshot wounds on September 22, 2020, in DeKalb County. Knight and another man, Donnell Roderick Smith, were in a vehicle on Browns Mill Lake Road when someone believed to be a suspect in the back seat opened fire, striking both men. The vehicle then lost control, ran through a yard, hit a mailbox and a fire hydrant, crashed into a tree and caught fire. The driver died at the scene; the passenger was taken to a hospital and later died.

Witnesses said two suspects fled on foot and were seen returning to the burning vehicle to retrieve a gun before leaving again. Two men, Da’Shjohn Bridges, 20, of Stockbridge, and Davontavious Smith of Lithonia, were arrested and booked into the DeKalb County jail, each charged with two counts of felony murder and two counts of aggravated assault. No motive has been publicly released.

If anyone has information about the shooting, the suspects, or what led to the attack on Browns Mill Lake Road, please share what is known.