Davon McDaniel, 26, was shot and killed on June 22, 2024, in his Smyrna, Georgia, apartment on Cumberland Glen Lane. Police were summoned after a 911 call from his 40-year-old roommate, George Perry, who admitted during the call that he had shot McDaniel in the chest; no explanation for the shooting was provided. McDaniel was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

McDaniel’s life was remembered at a memorial service on July 6, 2024, at Hollifield Mortuary in Atlanta; classmates from Booker T. Washington High School’s 2016 graduating class attended. Perry was arrested at the scene, uninjured, and later charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime; he was held at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center without bond.

If anyone knew Davon or has information about what happened that morning, please come forward.