A dispute inside a Zaxby’s on Panola Road in Lithonia, Georgia, turned deadly on the evening of February 6, 2024, when 24-year-old Kenyon Jones was shot after an argument with another man. The verbal altercation moved from inside the restaurant into the parking lot; an employee reportedly tried to intervene but could not stop the conflict. The other man allegedly followed Jones outside, produced a handgun, shot him, then struck him before fleeing on foot.

DeKalb County police arrived just before 9 p.m. and found Jones with two gunshot wounds to his back. He was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. Investigators released surveillance images and asked the public for help identifying a suspect they described as armed and dangerous and who was believed to frequent the area.

Anyone who was in the Zaxby’s parking lot that night or who recognizes the person in the released images is asked to come forward with information.