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A 17-year-old African American girl, Janae Owens, was killed in Decatur, Georgia, on June 20, 2018, in what police described as a road rage shooting. Owens, her twin sister, and their mother had recently moved from Louisiana to the Atlanta area to expand the family photography business. They were stopped at a light at South Candler Street and Midway Road when a man in another vehicle opened fire. The shooting killed Janae and wounded her mother, who was driving; the twin sister in the back seat was not physically harmed.

Police identified 50-year-old Simmie Rishcard Reed as the suspect and apprehended him a few days after the shooting. Reed was charged with one count of murder, two counts of aggravated assault with intent to murder, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; reports say he had a prior manslaughter conviction in Alabama in 1988. Does anyone have information about Janae, her family, or that intersection on June 20, 2018?