Andrew Spencer was 30 when he was shot dead outside a QuikTrip on Buford Highway in Chamblee on December 29, 2016. Spencer, an aspiring singer and songwriter, had been at the Follies strip club earlier that night and was with his friend Quintin Heard when a dispute began inside the gas station. An argument followed, Copney retrieved a handgun from a Maserati, and opened fire as Spencer and Heard exited the store. Spencer was struck in the chest and died at the scene while Heard, uninjured, held him as he died.

Investigators later identified Copney as the shooter and Jilani Ade Bakhari as the Maserati owner whose key fob allegedly allowed Copney access to the weapon. Copney was arrested in Myrtle Beach in February 2017 and found with an AK-47; video surveillance shown at trial contradicted his claim that Heard had threatened him. A jury convicted Copney of murder, felony murder and related charges and imposed life without parole plus additional years.

Did anyone in the area at the time see or hear anything else about that night that might add detail to the timeline?