Mitchell Mormon Jr., 32 and a father of three, was killed in the early morning hours of Saturday, November 12, 2016. He had been on a first date with Shaunita Walker in the Edgewood Avenue area of Atlanta, celebrating a new job. Around 3 a.m. the pair were outside the Church bar when an argument broke out with two men after a disrespectful comment toward Walker. Mormon confronted one man and during the altercation reportedly joked that he had voted for Donald Trump and that the man would be gone next week. Walker later said she did not believe that comment was the motive.

Shortly afterward one of the men produced a gun and opened fire. Mormon was shot and collapsed; Walker was wounded in the arm. Police released surveillance footage and identified two suspects. One man turned himself in on November 16, 2016; Nigel Whitehead surrendered to Fulton County Jail on November 28, 2016. Both were charged with murder and aggravated assault after victims of prior robberies recognized them from the video.

Anyone who witnessed the shooting outside the Church around 3 a.m. on November 12, 2016, or who has information about the two men seen in the surveillance footage is asked to come forward.