Bernard Williams, 19, was killed in the early morning hours of August 21, 2023, outside the Waffle House on Flat Shoals Road in Decatur, Georgia. He was waiting for a ride at about 5 a.m. when a confrontation turned violent. A witness described an individual approaching Williams, pistol-whipping him and then firing a gun. Williams was taken to a nearby hospital and later died of his injuries. The restaurant’s surveillance cameras recorded the incident and were cited in the DeKalb County Police investigation.

On August 24, 2023, two suspects were arrested and charged in connection with Williams’s death. Walter Hopson, 18, and Tyjere Bey-Robinson, 17, were booked into the DeKalb County Jail on charges of armed robbery and murder.

If anyone was in the area that morning or has information about what happened outside the Flat Shoals Road Waffle House, please come forward.