Anthony Bernard Miles II was a 41-year-old Black/African American man whose life ended after a shooting outside a business on Jimmy Carter Boulevard in Norcross, Georgia, on the morning of October 11, 2024. At about 7:45 a.m., Gwinnett County police were dispatched to 4169 Jimmy Carter Boulevard after a 911 caller reported that someone had been shot in the parking lot. Officers arrived and found Miles suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Emergency personnel transported him to a local hospital, but he died from his injuries.
Investigators determined that Miles had been outside the gas station and market when another individual approached him. Surveillance footage from the area reportedly showed a masked gunman confronting Miles before opening fire. Witnesses nearby reported hearing approximately five or six gunshots. After the shooting, the assailant fled on foot, reportedly heading north along Jimmy Carter Boulevard. Police established a perimeter and searched the surrounding area, but the suspect was gone by the time officers began looking for him. Homicide detectives and crime-scene investigators interviewed witnesses, reviewed surveillance evidence and collected evidence from the parking lot.
Early accounts of what preceded the gunfire were not entirely consistent. One report said investigators initially believed Miles and the suspect knew each other and that the shooting occurred during an argument. Other reporting indicated that investigators believed Miles and the other individual spoke outside the business shortly before the gunfire. As the investigation continued, however, police said Miles' family did not recognize the suspect and had no knowledge of any relationship between them. A Gwinnett County police spokesperson subsequently described the shooting as appearing to have been a random attack, while acknowledging that investigators were still trying to establish a definite motive.
People familiar with Miles expressed shock at his death. Employees and business owners in the area described him as a regular customer who had been coming to the location for years and remembered him as respectful and friendly. He was also identified as a member of an Atlanta United supporters club. His death left those who knew him struggling to understand why he had apparently been targeted during what began as an ordinary morning outside a neighborhood business.
The investigation soon focused on Donte Dieal Newcomb-Donnelly of Norcross. Police arrested Newcomb-Donnelly on October 16, several days after the killing, and publicly announced the arrest the following day. Authorities said he was apprehended without incident. Police attempted to question him after he was taken into custody, but investigators said he was not cooperative with them at that time.
Newcomb-Donnelly was charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of certain crimes in connection with Miles' death. Following his arrest, authorities reported that he was being held in the Gwinnett County Jail without bond. The available case-specific online reporting located for this synopsis does not document a subsequent trial, guilty plea or conviction, so the publicly reported legal developments remain centered on his arrest and the murder charges filed against him.
