In the early morning hours of July 19, 2025, a dispute over a parking boot at the Haven on Peachwood apartments in Decatur, Georgia, turned deadly. Around 7 a.m. in the 2300 block of Peachwood Circle, 47-year-old Kirwin Hinds, a Black or African American man, was placing a boot on a vehicle when an argument erupted and he was shot. Officers found Hinds with a gunshot wound; he later succumbed to his injuries.

Residents told reporters that confrontations over vehicle booting had been a recurring problem at the complex. Two men were taken into custody after the shooting. Otis Blakes, 33, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with Hinds’s death, and 28-year-old Christopher Blakes was arrested and charged with simple battery; both were booked into the DeKalb County jail.

Is anyone in the area familiar with ongoing disputes at that complex or who might have information about what led to the confrontation?