A planned marijuana transaction in Decatur ended in violence on August 20, 2020, when 25-year-old Diante Amos Harring was shot and later died. Harring was visiting from New York with family when he arranged a meeting with Deonta David, a 28-year-old Decatur man. David directed them to an apartment complex on Columbia Drive, where the minivan carrying Harring, his adult brother Clifton Vickers, a 10-year-old boy, a 7-month-old baby, and the children’s mother was ambushed.

David fired an AR-15 into the vehicle while another unidentified person also shot into the van with a handgun. Harring was wounded but managed to drive more than three miles before his injuries forced a stop on the 2800 block of Flat Shoals Road. Police and medics found Harring unresponsive; he later died at a hospital. Others in the van suffered serious injuries: Clifton Vickers was shot in the arm, the 10-year-old was shot in the abdomen, and the 7-month-old was shot in the foot, losing a toe. The mother was unharmed.

Investigators identified Deonta David through a lineup and cell phone location data; text messages showed he was the last person to communicate with Harring before the shooting.

If anyone knew Diante, his companions, or has information about the unidentified shooter, please come forward.