On the evening of July 13, 2023, 28-year-old Quentavious Gooden of Atlanta was fatally shot in the Buffington Park subdivision of South Fulton. Gooden, a husband and father of two, was on his way to his grandmother’s house and had stopped to speak with a man identified as Rodney Jarrell on the 6100 block of Lamp Post Place. Witnesses said the conversation seemed brief and friendly, but as Gooden began to drive away Jarrell allegedly opened fire into his vehicle.

Gooden’s family, alarmed when he failed to arrive, found his car at the scene. South Fulton Police and a SWAT team responded and discovered Gooden’s body in the roadway; the motive remains unclear. Authorities described the suspect as armed and dangerous and launched a manhunt. Gooden’s funeral was held July 22, 2023, at Living Faith Tabernacle Church in Forest Park, with burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Lamp Post Place or has information about what led up to that encounter, please share what is known with investigators.