Wallace Vaughn Jr., 41, was found dead from a gunshot wound in a wooded area off Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway in northwest Atlanta in the early hours of February 3, 2020. His body was discovered just after 1 a.m. Vaughn was a father of two young daughters, ages 7 and 8, and was buried on Valentine’s Day.

Police say the killing followed a dispute over drugs that began with an argument at a gas station on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway. Vaughn reportedly warned a man identified as 22-year-old Clinton Robinson to stay away from drugs Vaughn had stored in the nearby woods. Witnesses described seeing Robinson follow Vaughn into the woods near Harwell Road; gunshots were heard soon after. Vaughn was shot multiple times in the chest and back. Investigators did not find shell casings at the scene and believed the shooter may have used a revolver, a weapon a witness had seen Robinson carrying.