On August 15, 2016, 18-year-old Michael Fuqua Jr. was shot and killed during a confrontation at the shopping center parking lot at Cascade Avenue and Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in Atlanta. Fuqua had approached two men who were selling items under a tent near a bus stop because he believed they had his sister’s recently stolen bicycle. Witnesses heard about three gunshots; one of the men produced a firearm and shot Fuqua. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and was pronounced dead.

The shooting happened in a busy public area and left the community shaken. If anyone witnessed the confrontation or has information about the two men who were selling items under that tent, please come forward.