Man shot over a dollar at Lithonia gas station, shooter gets 20 years

The Brief

  • A DeKalb County judge sentenced Homer Wright to 20 years in prison without parole for shooting a man at a Lithonia gas station.
  • The shooting happened after the victim asked Wright for a dollar, leading to a fight captured on surveillance video.
  • Wright received the maximum sentence under Georgia recidivist laws due to previous armed robbery convictions.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. A 46-year-old man will spend 20 years in prison without parole after shooting another man who asked him for a dollar at a Lithonia gas station, according to the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office.

DeKalb County police investigation

What we know:

Officers responded around 10:46 p.m. on June 23, 2025, to a home on Fields Drive in Lithonia, where they found Jquante Lenon shot in his left foot.

Lenon told police he had approached a man’s truck at a gas station in the 6000 block of Hillandale Drive to ask for a dollar.

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