On the evening of December 9, 2023, 22-year-old Javier Cinash Leach was fatally shot inside an 11th-floor apartment in a Buckhead high-rise on Peachtree Road, Atlanta. Leach and three other men had been involved in what police said began as a marijuana transaction that escalated into an exchange of gunfire. Leach, 27-year-old Justin Barber, and 23-year-old Kingston Cook were found dead at the scene; a fourth man survived and was taken to hospital with injuries and was expected to recover.

Atlanta police described the shooting as a contained incident among the four men, who were acquainted with one another, and said they were not seeking additional suspects. The building had experienced an earlier double shooting linked to a drug deal earlier that year. Friends and family remembered Leach as genuine, smart, driven, loyal, and humble.

If anyone knew Javier or has information about that night, please share what is known.