On the evening of January 21, 2026, 44-year-old Jamal Alvin Payne was found dead from a gunshot wound inside his pickup truck in the parking lot of the Emerald Pointe Apartments on Roberts Drive in Riverdale, Georgia. Payne was a husband and father; his death prompted an immediate homicide investigation by the Riverdale Police Department.

Witnesses reported seeing two people flee the scene shortly after the shooting: one described in a white hoodie and the other in a colorful polka dot jacket. Officers searched the area, including deployment of a helicopter, but the two individuals were not located. No arrests have been made and no suspects have been publicly identified.

Police are asking anyone who saw the incident or who has security camera footage from the area to come forward. Did anyone in the Riverdale area see the shooting or capture footage that could help identify the people who ran from the scene?