A peaceful Saturday morning in the Dogwood Lakes subdivision of Hampton, Georgia, ended in a mass shooting on July 15, 2023, that left four residents dead, including 67-year-old Scott Leavitt. The attack, carried out by 40-year-old neighbor Andre Longmore, unfolded over about ten minutes and also claimed the lives of Scott’s wife Shirley, 66, and their neighbors Steve Blizzard, 65, and Ronald Jeffers, 66. A witness said Longmore appeared calm and deliberate as he fired a silver handgun before walking away.

A manhunt for Longmore ended the next day in Jonesboro, where officers located him and a shootout followed; Longmore was killed and a Henry County sheriff’s deputy and a Clayton County police officer were wounded and expected to recover. Longmore’s mother later said she had sought mental health treatment for him for nearly a decade and described a 2014 breakdown followed by worsening condition. Scott and Shirley Leavitt, married 46 years, were remembered as loving parents whose actions reportedly helped their daughter Jessica and her two young children survive the attack.

Does anyone in the area have information about the victims’ last day in the neighborhood or recall anything unusual in the weeks before July 15, 2023?