Chad Dillon, a 33-year-old Black restaurateur, was fatally shot in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Dillon owned The Boiler, a Cajun-style seafood restaurant in Buckhead, and co-owned The Seafood Menu in southwest Atlanta with rapper Lil Baby. He had been scouting a new location on John Wesley Dobbs Avenue as part of his expansion when he was reportedly shot while in his vehicle and later died at a local hospital.

Atlanta Police Department homicide investigators described the shooting as apparently targeted rather than random. The motive remains unclear and investigators were actively seeking information. No arrests or suspects had been publicly identified as of the latest reports.

If anyone saw or heard anything in the Old Fourth Ward on July 23, or has information about Dillon’s movements that afternoon, please come forward to assist the investigation.