Tia Vidon Keith, 44, a well-known entrepreneur in Gainesville who owned Divine Designs and operated as Master Loctician at Royal-T Styles Salon, was shot and killed on the evening of July 16, 2026. The violence began at about 9:30 p.m. at the Subhanallah Food Mart on Mountain View Road. After making a purchase she returned to her car and encountered her former live-in boyfriend, 45-year-old Antwane Sintell Thurmond of Oakwood, who was in the passenger seat. Thurmond shot Keith multiple times while she was in the driver’s seat. Keith managed to run back into the store seeking help, but Thurmond pursued her and shot her several more times; she collapsed and died on the store floor. The store’s surveillance footage captured the entire incident.

Thurmond fled the scene, prompting a weeklong manhunt that involved the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, Oakwood Police Department, the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Georgia Department of Community Supervision. Authorities recovered the vehicle used to flee, executed a search warrant at a metro Atlanta residence and arrested Thurmond at a Motel 6 in Augusta on July 23, 2026.

Keith is remembered for her creative work, for mentoring clients and for her devotion to family. Does anyone have information about Keith, her business or the events that evening that could help fill gaps in the timeline?