Ronald Clark, 57, a white man from Atlanta, was killed on April 26, 2013, after what appeared to be a staged ambush on Marietta Boulevard. Police say he had just cashed a check and was returning to his van when a man hidden in the vehicle struck him with a hammer; Clark fought back but was then shot in the stomach. He was found shot and beaten beside his van at 2053 Marietta Boulevard and later died at Grady Hospital.

Investigators said the shooter did not act alone. After the attack the gunman climbed out of Clark’s van and fled in another vehicle with two men already inside, making three suspects in all. Surveillance and later-released video pointed detectives toward a black Jeep Cherokee believed to be a 2008–2010 Limited Edition model with side panels. Detectives thought one suspect entered a nearby business, Sunny’s, while another had hidden in the van, and they came to believe Clark may have been set up by someone familiar with his routine; police suggested a possible robbery motive and that one suspect may have worked for Clark’s furniture-making business.

No public reports on the cold homicide listing indicate arrests or charges, and the case remained unsolved in the department’s cold case files. Did anyone who knew Ronald or his business notice unusual interest in his schedule or customers around April 2013?