Philip Bruce Mathis was a 38-year-old Atlanta Police Department officer and U.S. Army National Guard veteran who was killed while working a part-time security shift at Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead. On the evening of April 26, 1985, Mathis entered a storage room, encountered an unidentified burglar, and was shot three times. He died from his wounds; he was a 16-year veteran of the force and was survived by his wife, daughter, parents, a sister, and a brother.

The murder prompted a five-month investigation by the Atlanta Police Department that produced multiple leads and tips. A suspect was identified and arrested, later charged with Mathis’s murder. At trial the person was found guilty and received a life sentence for the killing.

If anyone knew Officer Mathis, saw activity at Lenox Square on April 26, 1985, or has information not yet shared with investigators, please come forward.