Rodney Stafford was 25 when he was fatally shot multiple times in broad daylight on October 23, 2015, while walking near the intersection of Welch and Mary Streets in Southwest Atlanta. The shooting occurred within sight of a nearby elementary school and was described as a public execution.

A witness reported a fleeing vehicle and gave a partial license plate number, a lead that linked the car to Demiko Jones. Police say the investigation uncovered a rivalry tied to the local drug trade and that Stafford was involved in selling drugs and seen as a threat to Jones’s operation. Text messages and other evidence implicated 28-year-old Todd Richardson, and Richardson later confessed that Jones had hired him to rob or kill Stafford. Jones admitted driving Richardson to the area but initially denied knowledge of a murder plot.

At trial Jones was convicted of felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and sentenced to life without parole plus ten years. Richardson was also set to be sentenced for his role. If anyone knew Rodney, his movements that week, or the vehicle seen leaving the scene, can you share what you remember?