Adonnis Williams, a 21-year-old Black man from Atlanta, was killed on March 15, 2023, after a confrontation that began inside a gas station on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and ended a short distance away. Surveillance video described in news reports shows Williams in a red jacket looking at his phone when three other men approached. The interaction initially appeared calm but escalated when one man reached toward a gun in Williams’ pocket, according to police information in the coverage.

Police said Williams and the alleged shooter wrestled on the ground inside the store and that Williams briefly gained control of the gun before running from the scene. Investigators reported the suspect then obtained another firearm from a third person and fired at Williams at least twice as he fled. Shell casings recovered at the gas station included one that struck a concrete wall and another that struck a trash can. Williams was later found dead in a neighbor’s yard on Gordon Terrace.

Police released surveillance footage seeking identification of the shooter, but the reporting available publicly did not name a suspect or say whether the two other men in the video were involved. No public arrest, indictment, trial, or conviction is shown in the materials on the case. If anyone knew Adonnis, saw the gas station footage, or has information about the men in that video, contact investigators with what they know.