Christopher White was 28 when he was shot and killed during a late-evening encounter in East Point, Georgia, in April 2023. The shooting happened in the parking lot of Washington Plaza on Washington Road, a shopping center that includes a Piggly Wiggly and a Citgo. Police say White and another man were shot while inside a car after what investigators believe was a gun sale gone wrong.

The driver of the vehicle fled the parking lot and stopped nearly three miles away at a business park on the Stone Hogan Connector, where officers found both men with gunshot wounds. Paramedics transported one man to a hospital; Christopher White was pronounced dead at the scene and later identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

East Point police say they identified and arrested 27-year-old Quanard Lackley on charges including murder, armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime. Investigators believe both victims were from out of state and did not know the alleged attacker before the meeting.

If anyone was in Washington Plaza the night of the shooting or has information about the transaction that led to this attack, please come forward.