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On January 12, 2023, 28-year-old Kali Winston was shot and killed inside a home on Meadowlark Drive in an unincorporated area of Decatur, Georgia, after a dispute with a roommate. Neighbors had been alarmed when the roommate, 25-year-old Zakariya Wildman, was shooting targets in the backyard. Winston confronted Wildman, and a verbal argument escalated into a physical fight that other roommates broke up.

After the fight, Wildman — who had a black eye from the altercation — went to his room, retrieved a gun he had bought earlier that day, returned to the living room and shot Winston in the chest in the presence of Winston’s girlfriend. Winston died of his wounds. Wildman fled on foot but was soon arrested by DeKalb County police.

Wildman claimed self-defense but acknowledged the fight had ended before he shot Winston. A jury later convicted him of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and a judge sentenced him to life in prison for Winston’s murder.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the shooting or the moments immediately before it?