Cole Anargyros Mantas, 26, was fatally shot in downtown Athens, Georgia, in the early hours of December 18, 2025. Police responded to a person down call near West Broad Street and Pulaski Street at about 2:23 a.m., found Mantas with critical gunshot wounds in the roadway, and he was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Investigators quickly identified a suspect and on December 19, 2025, arrested 22-year-old Jamarioun Clark of Madison, Georgia, in Newton County. Clark was charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Multiple agencies assisted in the investigation, including the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, the Madison Police Department, the Covington Police Department, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Authorities have not released a motive or said whether Mantas and Clark knew each other.

Does anyone who knew Cole or was in that area that night have information that could help fill in what happened?