On August 12, 2024, 17-year-old Santino Shovely and his 21-year-old brother Broderick Shovely III were found with critical gunshot wounds in the basement of a residence on Emerald Lake Drive in the Emerald Estates neighborhood in Decatur, Georgia. Emergency responders transported both brothers to a local hospital; one died en route and the other after arrival.

DeKalb County police opened a double-homicide investigation and located two suspects about 10 miles away in the Wishing Well Hills neighborhood near Conley. Charles Kishawn Thorne of Conley and Nickolas Povilaitis of Norcross were arrested without incident and booked into the DeKalb County jail. Each faces two counts of murder and two counts of criminal attempt to commit a felony. Authorities have not released a motive.

Anyone who knew Santino or Broderick, or who has information about the shooting or those involved, is asked to come forward.