A Facebook Messenger argument ended in a deadly shooting in Jonesboro, Georgia, on August 17, 2020. Twenty-nine-year-old Taylor Rymon Smith was shot and killed after an online dispute with 29-year-old Xavier Deantae Scott that reportedly concerned a woman. The men agreed to meet in person, and the confrontation occurred at Scott’s home on Kevin Place. Neighbors reported hearing two or three gunshots; police found Smith deceased at the scene.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the inquiry into what led to the gunfire. Xavier Deantae Scott was arrested and charged with malice murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony; he was booked into the Clayton County Jail held without bond as proceedings began. The case highlighted how a social media argument escalated into a fatal real-world confrontation.

Did anyone in the Jonesboro area see or hear anything that night that could help clarify what happened?