On the evening of December 18, 2023, officers in Atlanta responded to a shooting at 199 Peters Street in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood. At about 5:20 p.m., emergency personnel found 24-year-old Tabakus Monroe, an Atlanta resident, with a fatal gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide investigators responded to the location near restaurants on the western edge of downtown to determine what happened.

The investigation moved quickly. Four days after the shooting, 23-year-old Leonardo Zachary Metelus was arrested and charged with Monroe’s murder. If anyone knew Tabakus, his movements that evening, or has information about what happened at 199 Peters Street, please come forward.