On the evening of May 27, 2025, 27-year-old Zantrez Cummings was shot and killed in Atlanta’s Mozley Park. Atlanta Police responded about 9:30 p.m. and found Cummings with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Initial reports said he had approached a parked, dark-colored four-door sedan and that an occupant or occupants of that vehicle opened fire and fled. The motive was not immediately clear.

Cummings’s family and friends held a balloon release at the park. His mother described him as a loving person and said she would press for justice; the family maintained he did not know the people in the car. Investigators reviewed park surveillance footage but for weeks named no suspects or made arrests.

In August 2025 the investigation was reclassified after homicide detectives concluded Cummings was acting in the commission of an armed robbery when he was killed, and that a private citizen had killed him during the commission of a crime, suggesting the shooter may have acted in self-defense. No arrests or charges have been reported.

If anyone saw the parked sedan or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.