Bra’vion Canty

Bra'vion Canty, a 25-year-old African American male, was on the patio of his mother's apartment at the Laurel Park Apartments in Riverdale, Georgia, on May 30, 2019, when the evening took a tragic turn. He and his mother, Brenda Jackson, were approached by three men who asked to buy cigarettes. Canty informed them that they did not sell cigarettes, but the men were persistent.

The situation quickly escalated when one of the men claimed to run the apartment complex and made a gang referenc ...

ajc: Mother says her son was shot, killed over cigarettes

Mother says her son was shot, killed over cigarettes