Qualeef Rhodes, 17, was found shot to death on June 4, 2017, alongside Bells Ferry Road in the White, Georgia, area. Authorities initially could not identify the victim and released photos of a tattoo and a backpack; Rhodes’ family later confirmed his identity.

Federal prosecutors say the killing was gang-related and tied to a code of silence. Rhodes was reportedly a member of the 135 Pirus street gang and was allegedly suspected of cooperating with police about a May 13, 2017, shooting outside a Brookhaven nightclub in which Maurice Antonio Kent fired into a crowd, wounding a rival and a security guard. Prosecutors say gang members conspired to murder Rhodes because of that suspicion.

A March 2018 federal indictment charged six alleged members and associates of the 135 Pirus, including Maurice Antonio Kent (known as Savage Duze), Christopher Nwanjoku, Jamel Dupree Hughes, Cedric Sams Jr. (who went by Awall), Jennifer Foutz (known as Rose), and Michael Kent, with racketeering-related counts that included Rhodes’ murder. Cedric Sams Jr. and Maurice Antonio Kent were later convicted on charges connected to the events described.

Did anyone in the White or Brookhaven area know Rhodes or recall seeing him in the weeks before June 4, 2017?