Travis Ridley was 26 when he was shot and killed on the evening of June 1, 2017, on the third floor of the Avana Uptown apartment complex on Clairmont Road in Brookhaven. Officers responding to a person-shot call found Ridley, began first aid, and he was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died of multiple gunshot wounds. A firearm believed to be Ridley’s was recovered at the scene. A witness heard eight shots, then running and tires squealing as someone left.

Investigators treated the shooting as tied to drug activity rather than a random act. Warrants in the case alleged Ridley had been at the complex with a friend to purchase a large quantity of marijuana for $26,000 when he was robbed and shot. Two men were identified as suspects: Abel Ashmelash, 27, of Stone Mountain, and Edward Tavarez, 24, of Norcross; both were arrested and charged with murder and armed robbery and held at the DeKalb County jail.

Did anyone in the Brookhaven area see activity around the Avana Uptown complex that evening or know Ridley’s movements that day?