On the night of August 29, 2023, 25-year-old Lamar Kali Shuler Jr. was lured from his Covington home by a text from someone he believed to be a friend and drove to an arranged meeting in the Oakwood area. Family members tracked his phone to Oak Terrace Drive, where they found him in his white 2021 Nissan Altima, having been shot multiple times with a rifle. Emergency personnel transported him to Piedmont Newton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Responding deputies reported the Altima had struck an unoccupied parked car in a driveway. Two women at the scene were crying out that their son had been shot. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; the Newton County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate. His family remembers him as a devoted father, partner, son and brother who loved music and boxing.

If anyone has information about the meeting on Oak Terrace Drive or the person who sent the text, please come forward.