On the early morning of December 8, 2025, officers with the Atlanta Police Department responded to a shooting on the 3900 block of Cornell Boulevard SW in the Baker Hills neighborhood of Atlanta. First responders found 30-year-old Darryl Long lying in the street outside his vehicle with apparent gunshot wounds. Medical personnel arrived but Long was pronounced dead at the scene.

Neighbors reported hearing multiple gunshots around 5:30 a.m. Police canvassed the area for hours and towed a vehicle from the scene; officials did not immediately say how that vehicle was connected to the shooting. Long’s mother, Davetta Harris, told local media her son was affectionate and frequently told the family he loved them, and that this was the second child she had lost to gun violence in five years.

By late December 2025, homicide detectives had not announced any arrests or identified specific suspects. The motive remained unclear. Does anyone in Baker Hills have information about that early morning or about a vehicle towed from Cornell Boulevard SW?