Willie Knighton, 63, was found dead in his red Jeep Cherokee at Collier Park in northwest Atlanta on the morning of August 15, 2014. The vehicle, parked near a playground, had been struck by multiple bullets and Knighton, a Riverdale resident, had been shot several times. Multiple shell casings at the scene indicated firearms of two different calibers had been used.

Neighbors reported hearing gunshots the previous night but saw nothing unusual. A witness said a man and a woman had been sitting on a wall in the park shortly before the shooting. Detectives later questioned a woman who said she had been with Knighton that evening, that an argument occurred, and that she called her boyfriend, who allegedly robbed Knighton before she heard gunshots. Her boyfriend was later arrested on drug charges after a SWAT team apprehended him; he denied involvement in the killing and investigators were unable to tie him to the homicide.

The investigation produced early leads but stalled, and no arrests have been announced; the case remains an open, unsolved homicide. Did anyone in the area in August 2014 see or hear something that could help identify who shot Willie Knighton?