A dispute at a party in Gainesville, Georgia, escalated into a deadly shooting in the early morning of February 10, 2025. Kendrick Barrett McClendon, 44, was shot at a Texaco gas station at Athens Street and Ridge Road. An occupied vehicle at the scene had heavy damage and a window that had been shot out. An unnamed witness said McClendon was shot while in the vehicle, walked into the convenience store seeking help, and then died of his injuries. A woman who was with him was struck in the arm and suffered a non-life-threatening wound.

Investigators from the Gainesville Police Department, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force identified and arrested Kendrick Deshaun Goss, 44, of Gainesville. He has been charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and is being held in the Hall County jail. The police chief credited multi-agency cooperation and community assistance in the rapid arrest.

Did anyone at the party or in the area that night see what led to the dispute or the shooting?