A neighborhood dispute in Monroe, Georgia, ended in fatal gunfire on May 7, 2023. Chandler Ryan Martin, a 23-year-old White man, was shot while at a home on River Run Road; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Another person present was shot as well but survived.

Police say the shooter was a neighbor, 77-year-old Opel Wesley Lackey, who produced a handgun during a confrontation that followed ongoing tensions between the households. Law enforcement took Lackey into custody at his home and charged him with murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Family members of Lackey told investigators there had been longstanding conflict and alleged harassment between the neighbors.

A Walton County jury later convicted Opel Lackey of felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during a felony and the court sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Did anyone in the River Run Road area see the argument escalate or have information about the tensions between these neighbors?