Marquez Montgomery was a 15-year-old sophomore and athlete at Benjamin E. Mays High School who was shot in the head at his home on Adkins Road in Atlanta one Monday night in November 2016. He was at home with his father, grandmother and other relatives and was reportedly on a FaceTime call with his girlfriend when the shot was fired. Family remembered him as a well-liked student who wanted to attend the University of Georgia.

Atlanta police identified 21-year-old cousin Dontavious Montgomery as the person who fired the shot and arrested him on a felony murder charge, saying the preliminary investigation indicated no provocation. The weapon was later reported stolen from Henry County. Family members said the cousins were very close and described the shooting as an accident, saying the gun discharged while Dontavious sat on a bed.

At the time Dontavious was out on bond in an unrelated January 2015 murder case; that bond was revoked after Marquez’s death and a grand jury hearing was set for February 22, 2017. Grief counseling and community support were arranged for the school and the family.

Did anyone in the Atlanta area know Marquez or have information about what happened that night?