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DEKALB COUNTY, GA—Kevin Grier, 35, will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the death of Ian Hagerty,17, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced today, April 20.
Greer was convicted by jury trial in the case accused of a shooting and killing the teen during a candlelight vigil.
Grier was found guilty of Malice Murder, Felony Murder, two counts of Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon or First Offender Probationer, in connection with Hagerty’s death.
DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Tangela Barrie, who presided over the trial, sentenced Grier on April 17 to Life Without the Possibility of Parole.
According to the investigation, officers with the DeKalb County Police Department responded around 6:15 p.m. to a shooting at an apartment complex in the 2000 block of Flat Shoals Road in unincorporated Decatur on Nov. 27, 2022. Upon arrival, officers found Hagerty deceased.
According to witnesses, the shooting occurred during a candlelight vigil for a teen who had been shot and killed a few days prior during an attempted home invasion on Gresham Road in South DeKalb. Shortly after balloons were released, a man walked up to Hagerty in the middle of the crowd and fired directly at him.
Surveillance video from the apartment complex shows the crowd begin to disperse when shots are fired. The shooter is seen with his arm extended firing shots at Hagerty after he has fallen to the ground. The shooter walked away from the victim and began pacing up and down the sidewalk. As members of the crowd got into vehicles, he was waved into a car that then left the scene.
After still photos of the suspect were released to the media, tips came in and officers were able to identify Grier as the shooter. He was taken into custody at a residence in unincorporated Decatur on Jan. 27, 2023 without incident. He has been held without bond in the DeKalb County Jail since his arrest.
The case, assigned to the Homicide and Gangs Unit, was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Tauri Williams, with assistance from Assistant District Attorney Bren Routly, District Attorney Investigators Tiffany Edwards and Tia Johnson, Supervising Victim Advocate Millicent Taylor, and Victim Advocate LaTonya Gates. DeKalb County Police Department Detective C.A. Williams led the initial investigation.