Tommy Mims, 68 and known as Can Man, was sleeping under a railway bridge on Whitehall Street in Atlanta when he was shot and killed in the early morning hours of November 26, 2014. He had been partially wrapped in a blanket and was described as a familiar presence in the area. His killing formed part of a string of attacks on homeless people in Atlanta; three days earlier Dorian Jenkins was found shot while sleeping in a small park.

Aeman Presley was arrested after being stopped by MARTA police for attempting to evade a fare; officers found a firearm on him that was later linked to the murders. Presley confessed to the killings of Mims, Jenkins and two others in DeKalb County, Calvin Gholston and Karen Pearce, saying he was driven by a bloodlust. In January 2017 Presley pleaded guilty in Fulton County to the murders of Mims and Jenkins and accepted a deal that spared him the death penalty and ensured life in prison.