Ating Eminue, a 24-year-old U.S. Army sergeant and Nigerian immigrant, was fatally shot in Atlanta after stopping near Pine and Peachtree Streets to give a pair of shoes and some cash to a homeless man. While Eminue was performing that act of charity, another man, Harold Dodson, began loudly accusing the shoes of being counterfeit and taunting him. When Eminue confronted Dodson, Dodson produced a handgun and shot him multiple times in the chest, arm, and scrotum. A female bystander was also struck in the leg.

Eminue died at the scene. Witnesses quickly identified Dodson as the shooter, who evaded capture for nearly two months before being found hiding inside a kitchen cabinet at his father’s home and arrested on October 23, 2015. Charges included murder, felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Eminue had served three tours in Afghanistan and was a father to a young son. Does anyone have information about Eminue’s life in Atlanta or the area near Pine and Peachtree that could shed light on that night?