On a Friday evening in early February 2024, 20-year-old Lem Johnny Johnson IV, known as BB Mud, was shot and killed inside a Family Dollar on Riverdale Road in Clayton County, Georgia. Johnson, a rapper, had been dropped off at the store by his mother moments before another person entered, fired multiple times, and fled in a dark-colored SUV. First responders found Johnson on the store floor with several gunshot wounds.

After a months-long investigation, authorities identified 20-year-old Montevious Garrison as the primary suspect and placed him on Clayton County’s Top 10 Most Wanted List. On June 6, 2024, Newnan police found Garrison during a call about a suspicious person and took him into custody after discovering an illegally modified firearm. He was held in Coweta County on a sawed-off weapon charge while awaiting extradition to Clayton County on counts including murder during the commission of a felony, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm, and reckless conduct.

Johnson’s mother, Sheila Brooks, filed a wrongful death suit against Family Dollar, alleging the store knew of past burglaries, thefts, and aggravated assaults at that location and failed to provide adequate security, which the family says led to his death.

Does anyone have information about that Family Dollar’s security history or witnessed the shooting?