A 3-year-old boy, Armani Deshawn Lyons of Atlanta, Georgia, was shot and killed in the early hours of Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, near the 900 block of Washington Street SW in southwest Atlanta. Police say Armani had been left at an apartment with a longtime babysitter while his mother went to work; he was later found with at least one gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at Grady Memorial Hospital. Family said Armani would have turned four on May 3 and described him as a joyful child who loved monster trucks and Spider-Man.

Investigators initially treated the babysitter, identified by the family as 71-year-old Barbara Edwards, as a witness and said others may have been inside the apartment. Homicide detectives later established probable cause to arrest Edwards and 35-year-old Jermaine Hardeman; arrest warrants accused both of felony murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and second-degree cruelty to children. Police have not publicly detailed how Edwards and Hardeman were connected, who fired the shot, whether it came from inside or outside the apartment, or what led to the murder charges.

The family and community have held vigils and a fundraiser while urging anyone with surveillance footage or information from the scene to come forward. Does anyone in the area have footage or information about that apartment complex on the night of April 4–5, 2026?