Douglas Bradley Eriquezzo, a 43-year-old mechanic, was shot and killed after a dispute in Acworth, Georgia, on September 16, 2015. The altercation occurred in the late afternoon in the parking lot of an automotive shop on Bells Ferry Road. Witnesses say the argument escalated and that Alexander Demar Walkine, 28, retrieved a .45 caliber handgun from his vehicle and shot Eriquezzo twice. Walkine’s two young children, a six-year-old and a five-month-old, were inside his car at the time.

Emergency responders transported Eriquezzo to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, where he died of his injuries. Walkine was taken into custody at the scene; a Cherokee County grand jury later indicted him in December 2015 on felony murder, malice murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and two counts of third-degree cruelty to children. He was held without bond awaiting trial. In April 2017 a jury acquitted Walkine of all charges.