A routine coffee run turned fatal for 41-year-old Brian Dykes on the morning of February 17, 2023. Dykes was inside the Dunkin at 2704 Candler Road in Decatur around 9 a.m. when 17-year-old Lamarion Orr allegedly noticed a handgun in Dykes’s waistband, grabbed the weapon and ran. Dykes chased him into the parking lot and a struggle over the gun followed; during the altercation Orr shot Dykes, who died at the scene.

Investigators used nearby surveillance footage to follow Orr to a motel where he was staying; he was taken into custody and charged with murder and robbery by sudden snatching. Dykes, a Covington resident born June 11, 1981, graduated from Eastside High School, volunteered with Newton County Fire Station 8 and worked for Chancey’s Wrecker Service. He is remembered for enjoying cookouts and time with family and friends.

Did anyone in the Decatur area witness the incident at the Dunkin or have footage from that morning?