Dequavious Graves, a 31-year-old Black man who had worked for the U.S. Postal Service for three years, was fatally shot while delivering mail on Oxford Drive near Flat Shoals Road in Decatur just before 7 p.m. on February 12, 2026. The killing occurred as he was nearing the end of his route and prompted an immediate multiagency response by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, DeKalb County Police, the FBI, the Atlanta Police Department, and the Georgia State Patrol.

The Postal Inspection Service offered up to a $250,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, and described the suspect or suspects as armed and dangerous. Investigators identified 25-year-old Nahjel Williams as a person of interest; Williams was taken into custody in Atlanta on an outstanding warrant for an unrelated August 2024 homicide and was being held on that warrant. A search warrant was executed at a residence on Oxford Drive after his arrest. No motive for Graves’ killing has been released and the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone saw activity on Oxford Drive the evening of February 12 or has information about this shooting, please share what is known with investigators.