Timthoy Collins died after being shot the morning of November 26, 2025, at Elite Auto Sales and Service on Connally Drive in East Point, Fulton County, Georgia. A property checker, Thomas Jackson, arrived about 6:50 a.m., found Collins hiding on the business grounds as he secured the gate, and officers say Jackson, who was armed, approached and grabbed Collins in what appears to have been an attempt to detain him. Arrest warrants describe Collins as trying to break free, pushing off a secured fence and attempting to run; Jackson then allegedly raised his gun and fired, striking Collins in the buttock as he fled. Collins was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.

Detectives later learned Jackson is a convicted felon in South Carolina with a prior breach of trust conviction, which authorities say made him legally prohibited from possessing a firearm. Jackson was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. News coverage lists November 26, 2025, as the shooting date but does not provide Collins’s age or ethnicity, and officials have not identified anyone else as being sought in connection with the death.

If anyone saw activity at Elite Auto Sales and Service that morning or knows more about what led to Collins being on the property, please share what was observed.