Corey Nate Gladney, 36, was shot and killed in the early hours of Thursday, April 6, 2023, on Cooper Street in southwest Atlanta. Police were dispatched around 3:30 a.m. after a report of a person shot; officers found Gladney at the scene and he had already died of a gunshot wound. Homicide investigators were called in and described the case as an active investigation. Authorities said the shooting stemmed from a dispute, but they did not release the nature of that disagreement and no arrests or suspect identifications were announced at the time.

Friends remembered Gladney as a passionate warrior and noted he was a graduate of Atlanta Metropolitan State College. The circumstances surrounding the dispute and who fired the fatal shot remain unresolved. If anyone has information about Gladney, his movements that night, or what led to the altercation on Cooper Street, please come forward.