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. …