Kedarius Griffin, an 18-year-old Black male, was shot and killed on April 14, 2021, in the parking lot of a McDonald’s on North Lamar Boulevard in North Austin, Texas. He was driving with his pregnant girlfriend, a 2-year-old daughter, a teenage sister, and two teenage cousins in the car when he was struck by a gunshot to the head and pronounced dead at the scene. The Travis County Medical Examiner ruled the manner homicide and the cause of death a gunshot wound to the head.

The confrontation began in the restaurant’s drive-thru lane over money allegedly owed for marijuana. Two men named in the case, Warren Mitchell and Cornelius Cooks, confronted Griffin; Mitchell reportedly struck Griffin through the open car window, and after Griffin drove around the building the men crossed paths with his vehicle again in the parking lot. Cooks fired at the car from behind and Griffin was hit. Mitchell and Cooks fled and did not call 911; both were later arrested and charged in connection with the killing. Detectives continue to investigate, and a clear motive has not been determined.