On December 24, 2024, a shopping trip to a Family Dollar in East Point, Georgia, ended with 34-year-old Scott Melton shot and killed after an argument with a store security guard. Melton, a husband and soon-to-be father of twins, was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound. Surveillance footage reportedly shows the security guard chasing Melton through the store and into the parking lot, striking him with a handgun before fatally shooting him.

The man charged in the case is 36-year-old Justin Rashaad Hodges, who was not an official Family Dollar employee but had been hired unofficially by the store manager, his girlfriend. Hodges fled immediately after the shooting, prompting a months-long manhunt and a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to his capture. The manager was arrested and charged with obstruction for allegedly lying about communicating with Hodges while he was a fugitive.

Did anyone in the East Point area see the incident or the events that followed and can provide information?