A night meant for high school hoops ended in violence near Tri-Cities High School in East Point, Georgia. Fifteen-year-old Mario Bailey, a sophomore described as hardworking and intent on joining the military after graduation, was shot multiple times and killed on February 9, 2024, near a railroad track off campus after a game between Tri-Cities and Banneker High School. Multiple fights were reported as spectators left the gym, and another student was stabbed in the school parking lot that same night; it is unclear whether the two incidents were related.

Mario, his mother’s only child, had been in contact with her minutes before he was killed. A juvenile was arrested and charged in connection with the killing; the suspect is a 16-year-old facing counts that include murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. A judge later found probable cause on those charges, and the district attorney’s office was set to decide on seeking an indictment. Funeral services were held for Mario at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Did anyone witness the fights or the area around the railroad tracks that night and can provide information?