Eric Ricky Gates, listed in reports under the name Rodricous Gates Jr., was a 20-year-old former Mundy’s Mill High School quarterback who was fatally shot on a Sunday night in August 2017 at the Hampton Downs Apartments on Mt. Zion Boulevard in Morrow. He was found face down in a parking lot after being shot during a dispute behind one of the apartment buildings; he ran to the front of another building, collapsed and was pronounced dead at the scene. The motive for the argument that led to the shooting was not immediately clear.

Investigators later identified 26-year-old Marcus Fraser as a person of interest; Fraser was located after turning himself in to authorities in New York on an unrelated outstanding warrant and warrants were obtained charging him with malice murder, aggravated assault, felony murder, criminal attempt to distribute marijuana, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A woman at the scene, identified as Shantavier Willis, gave a false name for her companion and was later the subject of a warrant for making false statements; she had told police she would turn herself in but had not done so.

If anyone knew Gates, Fraser, Willis, or saw activity at Hampton Downs Apartments that night, please share what you know.