Investigator Sherry Lyons-Williams, 39, was killed on April 4, 2001, while serving with the Atlanta Police Department. She and partner Thaddeus ’T.J.’ Chambers were part of a narcotics buy-bust operation at a residence on 1855 Lakewood Terrace. After officers breached the dilapidated gray bungalow and moved through a hallway, a bedroom door opened and a man inside began shooting.

A 45-caliber round struck Lyons-Williams in the chest and, despite her bulletproof vest, entered through a gap and fatally wounded her heart. Chambers was also wounded in the knee and face; he returned fire and killed the shooter, identified as 30-year-old Michael Thompson. Both officers were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where Lyons-Williams was pronounced dead and Chambers suffered non-life-threatening wounds.

Lyons-Williams, a 13-year veteran, was the first female Atlanta Police Department officer killed in the line of duty. No arrests were made because the sole suspect died at the scene. Did anyone in southeast Atlanta know Investigator Lyons-Williams or have information about the operation at 1855 Lakewood Terrace?