Atlanta police ask for public's help ID'ing southwest homicide suspect

Atlanta police are seeking the public's help to identify a suspect linked to a fatal shooting in southwest Atlanta earlier this month.

• May 26

Laken Riley's father sues Georgia university system over daughter's death

Laken Riley's father is suing Georgia's public university system, saying its failures contributed to her killing on the University of Georgia campus.

• Feb 27

Ben Crump seeks answers after Je'vion Benham found dead in prison

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, joined by attorney Liza Park and Je'vion Benham's mother, says the young man's death inside a Valdosta State Prison was "foreseeable and preventable."

• Feb 19

4 arrested in homicide of 17-year-old Gwinnett County teen

Four teens have been arrested after a 17-year-old was shot and killed in Gwinnett County, police say.

• Feb 10

Atlanta records lowest homicide total since 2018, officials say

For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlanta is reporting fewer than 100 homicides in a year.

• Jan 8

Judge declines to halt execution of Georgia man seeking protection under pandemic agreement

A federal judge in Georgia has declined to halt an execution scheduled for next week.

• Dec 11, 2025

Bullet-pocked marker memorializing 1918 lynching goes on display in Atlanta

An exhibit opening Monday in Atlanta shows a historical marker from the site of a 1918 lynching that was repeatedly vandalized.

• Dec 7, 2025

Ex-Georgia deputies found not guilty of murder in death of Black man

Three former sheriff's deputies have been found not guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of a Black man they stopped while he was walking through a small Georgia town.

• Nov 21, 2025