In the pre-dawn hours of December 18, 2024, a dispute at a home in the Lakes at Cedar Grove community on Bellmist Drive in Fairburn, Georgia, ended with two men dead. One of the victims was 35-year-old Tijuan L. Heard, a Black male. The conflict began the previous day over a vehicle and led to resident Zj'Xari Taylor being told to move out. When Taylor returned early December 18 with a family member to retrieve belongings, an argument involved Taylor, Heard, and 37-year-old Malcombe Jovan Hill.

Police say Taylor allegedly shot both Hill and Heard; officers found the two men dead from gunshot wounds in a garage and an adjacent hallway. Taylor was later located at a hospital with a laceration on his thumb, arrested, and charged with two counts of murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Authorities describe the incident as domestic-related and say all involved knew each other.

If anyone saw or has information about events in the Lakes at Cedar Grove on December 17–18, please share what you know.