A targeted shooting on June 20, 2023, in southwest Atlanta left two young men dead and a third injured. Around 5:30 p.m., Deontae Boola Brown, 22, was sitting on the steps of an apartment building at 765 McDaniel St. SW with two other young men when surveillance footage shows a young man approach from the south and open fire with a pistol. Brown was killed at the scene; 15-year-old Mario Favors also died. A third victim was wounded and taken to Grady Hospital. The apartment complex noted none of the three were residents there.

The Atlanta Police Department described the attack as targeted rather than random and arrested 18-year-old Shoun Nai Gene Bilal on charges that include murder and aggravated assault. No definitive motive has been publicly disclosed. A Celebration of Life for Deontae D. Brown was held June 29, 2023, at Living Faith Tabernacle Church in Forest Park, Georgia.

If anyone has information about what led to the shooting or knew Deontae Brown, please share tips with investigators.