In the early hours of an October 2025 morning at a Buckhead apartment complex on Pharr Road, a domestic dispute between father and son ended in a fatal shooting. Durante Schofield, 32, was shot and killed in the parking lot after an argument reignited as he and his father were about to leave in the father’s vehicle. Schofield was pronounced dead from multiple gunshot wounds and was unarmed.

His father, 54-year-old Durante Tolliver, also known as Durante Rowe-Tolliver, told investigators he believed Schofield was reaching for a weapon in his waistband and fired about 12 shots. Tolliver was arrested at the scene and charged with murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; a judge denied him bond. Officers had been called earlier after Schofield, following a car accident, contacted his girlfriend for help; she and Tolliver had both been at the apartment and left with Schofield before the confrontation in the lot.

Schofield was remembered by family as a proud father of two and an independent contractor. His girlfriend, reportedly an employee of the Fulton County Marshal’s Department, was placed on administrative leave pending the investigation. Does anyone have information about the events that night or knew Schofield and can help clarify what happened?