On a Tuesday morning in December 2017, 25-year-old Andre Slocum Jr was shot and killed at his workplace, Flexible Industrial Solutions on Fulton Industrial Boulevard in South Fulton County, Georgia. A temporary employee entered the building, greeted coworkers, went to the warehouse and opened fire. Slocum was the only person injured and died at the scene.

Family described Slocum as a loving husband and father, recently married and expecting a second child. Shortly after fleeing the scene, the man who shot Slocum was killed in a single-car crash in Alabama, according to Alabama State Police. Investigators have not publicly released a definitive motive.