On the night of Saturday, February 14, 2015, 24-year-old Actavious Tahji Thompson of Cartersville, Georgia, was found dead in the backyard of a residence near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive after officers responded to reports of shots fired. Thompson, a Black man and father of three — Leonna Thompson, Actavious Thompson, Jr., and Ah'mari Thompson — had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head. A small black revolver was found near his body.

By the following Monday, authorities had arrested 24-year-old Antavious Deshaun Linley of Kingston and charged him with Thompson’s murder; the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting was ongoing at that time. Thompson’s parents, Ronna and Cedric Jett, Sr., and James Echols, along with a large extended family, mourned his death. Funeral services took place Saturday, February 21, 2015, at the House of Liberty, with interment at Summerville Cemetery.

If anyone knew Actavious, his movements that night, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.