On December 8, 2023, 28-year-old Wesley Rackley of Atlanta was killed after a confrontation in Brookhaven that began in the McDonald’s parking lot on North Druid Hills Road and ended on the I-85 southbound ramp. Surveillance shows Rackley speaking with an occupant of a silver, older-model Honda Pilot in the parking lot; Rackley walked away and then returned to enter the SUV’s front passenger seat. What happened inside the vehicle is not known.

A 911 caller later reported seeing the Honda Pilot driving with a man’s feet hanging out of the passenger door. The vehicle stopped on the I-85 ramp, Rackley was pushed out onto the curb, and the Honda Pilot drove off, running over his legs and feet. Responding officers found Rackley with a single gunshot wound to the chest; he was taken to a hospital and later died. The Brookhaven Police Department sought help identifying the suspect and the silver Pilot, described as having a large dent on the rear driver-side bumper. No arrests have been announced in the investigation.

If anyone witnessed the parking lot conversation, the vehicle on North Druid Hills Road, or the ramp incident, please come forward with information.