Luke Oliveira was 22 when he was shot and killed after an altercation in a Newnan, Georgia parking lot in the early hours of March 4, 2024. Family and friends remembered him as caring, selfless, and devoutly Christian; he graduated from Northgate High School and was known by some as Lukie.

Reports say Luke and 28-year-old Jacob Lee Vandiver, whom Luke had met about two months earlier, got into a dispute after Vandiver allegedly urinated on Luke’s vehicle and Luke responded by urinating on Vandiver’s car. The men wrestled in the parking lot and on nearby grass; Luke, unarmed, pushed Vandiver, who then produced a firearm and fired a single shot that struck Luke in the head. Luke was found with a critical gunshot wound, taken to an Atlanta-area hospital, and pronounced dead at 6:01 a.m.

Vandiver was taken into custody at the scene and charged with murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He later entered a nonnegotiated guilty plea to murder; other charges were dropped. Coweta Superior Court Judge Jephson Bendinger sentenced Vandiver to 20 years in prison followed by five years probation and banishment from the Coweta Judicial Circuit. Does anyone have information about Luke’s last hours or the people who knew him that could help fill gaps in the timeline?