On June 12, 2018, Anthony Jordan Jr., 29, was shot and killed outside a salon in a strip mall on Redan Road in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Jordan had stepped outside around 5:15 p.m. to take a phone call when a man who had been waiting about 45 minutes in a bluish-gray or green Cadillac sedan got out and opened fire. Four shots were fired; two struck Jordan and proved fatal. A stray bullet also shattered the salon window, injuring one customer with broken glass and grazing another.

Investigators initially found no clear motive and family and friends could not identify a reason for the attack. Surveillance footage showed a man arriving at the shopping center around 4:30 p.m., waiting in a vehicle, and briefly entering a convenience store before the shooting. That footage and subsequent investigation led to an arrest and charges.