Jim Gregory Painter was 69 when he was shot dead inside his Johns Creek, Georgia, home on the evening of April 16, 2020. A 911 caller reported a man in black armed with a handgun; officers found Painter inside with multiple gunshot wounds and his wife Crystal Whitney Painter present in the house.

Outside the residence police detained Painter’s 40-year-old son, Gregory William Painter, who was held as the primary suspect. The son was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault and was booked into the Fulton County Jail. Motive was not reported in the initial account.

Jim Painter was described as a retired business consultant, born December 11, 1950, in Kansas City, Kansas, and remembered by family and friends for his generosity and dedication to family. Did anyone in Johns Creek have information about the family or the events that night?