Isaiah McKnight was a 20-year-old Black man from Hephzibah, Georgia, known to friends as zayzay and remembered as funny and cool to be around. He was shot during an exchange of gunfire on the afternoon of Sunday, November 5, 2023, after being driven to the intersection of Glenn Hills Drive and Claudia Drive with another man, Frashawn Sankoh.

According to authorities, McKnight and Sankoh allegedly opened fire on two people at the scene; those people returned fire and McKnight was struck. Emergency crews found him wounded at his home on the 3600 block of Goldfinch Drive and he was taken to Wellstar MCG Health, where he died. An autopsy was scheduled the next day.

Investigators later identified suspects. In May 2024 police arrested 18-year-old Frashawn Sankoh and charged him with murder and aggravated assault. Warrants were issued for 19-year-old Rashaun Malik McAllister-Lawrence, described as the driver, on felony murder and aggravated assault charges; he was listed as wanted and considered armed and dangerous. Reports say the people who returned fire were not charged, which authorities suggested might reflect self-defense.