Hubert Lamar Burtz, 41, was shot and killed on March 24, 2020, at an Exxon station on Atlanta Road in Marietta, Georgia. Police were called about 6:44 p.m., and officers found Burtz dead at the scene. Public notices describe him as a Marietta native; some news accounts also identified him as a Mableton man.

Within about two days investigators with Cobb County’s Crimes Against Persons Unit announced an arrest. News coverage named Justin Shaw, 28, of Tallapoosa, and said charges included felony murder and aggravated assault. Reporting available at the time did not set out a clear motive or a detailed sequence of events that led to the shooting. Burtz’s obituary notes he was born October 20, 1978; funeral services were held at Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery.