Thirteen-year-old Lamon Freeman was killed in a mass shooting just after midnight on July 2, 2024, during what was his birthday celebration. Lamon was with friends on the steps of a building at the West End Apartments in Atlanta’s Oakland City neighborhood when someone approached and opened fire. He was struck as he came out of the apartment and died at the scene. His 13-year-old best friend, Jakody Davis, was also killed; an 11-year-old boy was critically wounded and hospitalized. Reports say nearly 30 gunshots were fired and many children in the area ducked for cover.

Atlanta investigators later described Lamon and Jakody as innocent bystanders with no gang ties and said detectives believe the attack stemmed from a dispute between two rival gangs tied to an earlier shooting at a music video shoot in May 2024.

Did anyone in the Oakland City area see or hear anything that night that could help clarify what happened?