An argument on a summer afternoon in Atlanta turned deadly for 18-year-old Markeith Deangelo Oliver on July 7, 2017. He was selling water at a gas station on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive NW when a dispute with people he knew escalated to gunfire. Witnesses reported hearing three gunshots, and Oliver was struck multiple times in an overgrown area across from a cemetery.

Remembered by his family as a quiet, respectful young man with a passion for basketball and a community leader, his mother suggested jealousy may have been a motive. The Atlanta Police Department’s investigation focused on two twin brothers; after questioning one was released and the other, 18-year-old Garrison Carreker, was arrested and charged with murder. The case against Carreker resulted in a conviction and a 30-year prison sentence.

Markeith’s death deeply affected his family. Less than five years later, his younger brother, 15-year-old Kelvice Roberson Jr., was also shot and killed in Atlanta, and the two brothers are buried side-by-side. Does anyone have memories of Markeith or information about the events that led to the shooting?