Timthoy Collins, an adult male died after being shot on the morning of November 26, 2025, in the Atlanta-area community of East Point in Fulton County, Georgia. According to an incident summary and subsequent coverage, the shooting occurred at Elite Auto Sales and Service on Connally Drive, where property checker Thomas Jackson arrived at around 6:50 a.m. and found Collins hiding on the grounds as he was securing the gate to the business.
Investigators say Jackson, who was armed, walked toward Collins and grabbed him in what appears to have been an attempt to detain him. Arrest warrants described Collins as trying to break free, pushing off a secured fence and attempting to run away. At that point, Jackson allegedly raised his gun and fired, striking Collins in the buttock as he was fleeing. Collins was transported to a local hospital for treatment, but the injury proved fatal and he was later pronounced dead.
The case quickly shifted from a property check to a homicide investigation once detectives learned more about Jackson’s background. Authorities determined that Jackson is a convicted felon out of South Carolina with a prior conviction for breach of trust, which meant he was legally prohibited from possessing a firearm at all. In the wake of Collins’s death, Jackson was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. News reports and the National Gun Violence Memorial entry for Collins both list November 26, 2025, as the date of the shooting and identify him as the victim in the Fulton County case, but as of the latest available reports, officials have not publicly released further personal details about his age or ethnicity, nor have they indicated that anyone other than Jackson is being sought in connection with the shooting.
