Michael Douglas ’Mikey’ Gravely was 47 when he was shot on the evening of June 21, 2023, on Pine Ridge Drive NW in Cartersville, Georgia. Deputies from the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office found him lying between two buildings with a gunshot wound to his lower back; he was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries.

Authorities arrested 34-year-old Alexander Bradley Smart of Taylorsville within hours of the shooting and charged him with Gravely’s murder; Smart was booked into the Bartow County Adult Detention Center and held without bond. The motive for the shooting was not released.

Gravely was described as a devoted father to two daughters; a GoFundMe was set up to help with funeral expenses and said he had worked to overcome personal challenges and focused on his children after their mother’s death two years earlier. If anyone has information about what happened that night on Pine Ridge Drive NW, please share it with investigators.