Shaquille Smalls, 32, was shot dead on the morning of May 29, 2026, in the 900 block of Redan Trail in the Stone Mountain area. Neighbors reported a heated argument followed by about ten gunshots; officers found Smalls’ body near a creek and pronounced him dead at the scene. Witnesses said he lay in the front yard of a home for a period after the shooting.

DeKalb County Police say the shooting grew out of a dispute between two men. Officers arrested 26-year-old Deshawn Brown at the scene; Brown was booked on a murder charge. Authorities have not disclosed the nature of the dispute or whether the men knew each other, and the investigation is ongoing.

Does anyone in the Stone Mountain area have information about Smalls, the confrontation that morning, or other witnesses who might help explain what led to this deadly argument?