Ashley Burton was 37 when she was shot and killed on April 11, 2023, at the City Park Apartments on Fairburn Road SW in Atlanta. Friends and family remember Burton, a hairstylist and makeup artist who had moved to Atlanta to advance her career, as a warm, lively person known for her smile and laugh. Reports say the confrontation began inside her apartment and that Burton fled into the building breezeway, screaming and banging on neighbors’ doors for help. Her body was later found in the second-floor breezeway.

Police say the shooting grew out of a domestic dispute. Investigators identified 31-year-old Darius Mills as the suspect; warrants accuse him of shooting Burton in the face with a 9mm handgun and stealing two of her iPhones. Mills was already in custody on unrelated serious charges when he was linked to this case and faces multiple counts including murder, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Did anyone in the City Park Apartments or the surrounding neighborhood hear or see anything that morning?