Shinnara Gee, 36, was shot and killed in northwest Atlanta on October 9, 2014. Police were called about 10 a.m. to the 500 block of James P. Brawley Drive and found Gee with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and did not survive. A suspect was detained nearby the same day.

Evidence admitted at trial said Thomas’s gun fired, a bullet entered Gee’s arm, ricocheted into his torso, and lodged in his abdominal cavity, causing fatal internal injuries. Trial testimony also described Thomas chasing Gee and firing a second shot that did not hit him. Thomas testified in his own defense, asserting he did not intend to shoot Gee and raising self-defense, accident, and justification defenses.

Thomas was arrested the day of the shooting and charged with murder and related counts. A jury acquitted him of murder, felony murder, and voluntary manslaughter but convicted him of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The convictions and sentence were later upheld on appeal. Did anyone in Atlanta know Gee or witness the confrontation on James P. Brawley Drive that morning?