Seventeen-year-old Sadé Nicole Brooks was fatally shot multiple times on the front porch of her mother’s home in the 500 block of Lynnhaven Drive in southwest Atlanta on October 15, 2023, just weeks shy of her eighteenth birthday. Family members say the shooting followed a brief exchange of words with someone described as a childhood friend; Sadé was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and later died of her injuries.

Her family says they know who they believe was responsible but have not been given a motive. A GoFundMe was started by her sister to help with funeral costs. The Atlanta Police Department is investigating; no arrests or official suspect identifications have been announced.

If anyone saw activity in the Lynnhaven Drive area that afternoon or has information about Sadé’s last hours, please come forward.