Koren McKee Riley, a 20-year-old Black male from the Atlanta area, was caught in a burst of gunfire tied to a downtown Atlanta shooting near Baker Street and Williams Street on September 27, 2022. Police said two wounded men were taken by private vehicle to Grady Memorial Hospital after the gunfire, and investigators later came to believe the shooting happened at that intersection in the middle of the afternoon.
In the days that followed, Riley’s family and community were left between hospital updates and funeral preparations, with his obituary listing September 28, 2022, as the date of his death, while Atlanta police later said one of the two wounded men died on October 1 from injuries suffered in that shooting.
As the case unfolded, police described the violence as more than a one-sided attack. Investigators said the two men who were shot had been involved in a gunfight with the suspects, turning the scene into a chaotic exchange of bullets rather than a simple ambush. Surveillance video later became a major piece of the investigation. Atlanta police released footage showing two men in a parking lot near the corner, including one man in a neon green shirt and another dressed in black with a backpack, and asked the public for help identifying them. That public appeal suggested detectives believed the truth of what happened in those final moments was still scattered among video clips, witness memories, and the movements of people who fled before officers could reach the scene.
Months later, police announced an arrest. Keiontay Davis was taken into custody on February 21, 2023, and was charged with murder and aggravated assault in connection with the shooting that left Riley dead and another man injured. Reports at the time made clear that investigators did not consider the case entirely closed, because a second suspect had still not been publicly named. Even with Davis in custody, the case carried the unsettled feel common to downtown gun cases: one man dead, another surviving the exchange, and unanswered questions still hanging over who else was there and who else may have pulled a trigger.
The investigation took another turn when Atlanta police said attorney Nicole Fegan became part of the case in a separate but related way. According to police, detectives learned that after warrants had been issued, she contacted Davis and warned him about the active warrants, told him what had been discussed in a preliminary hearing, and advised him to dispose of his phone because police were coming to arrest him. Those allegations led to charges against Fegan for participating in criminal street gang activity and criminal solicitation to commit tampering with evidence. Her alleged involvement did not change the basic accusation that Davis was the murder suspect in Riley’s killing, but it added a layer of interference and obstruction that made the story darker: not just a deadly shooting in downtown Atlanta, but an investigation authorities believed someone later tried to derail.
