Police are currently searching for a shooter who killed a Kennesaw State student outside of a bowling alley on Sunday, July 29.
According to WSB-TV, Rahmier Gardner, 20, was shot after allegedly stepping outside into the parking lot of a Brunswick Zone in Gwinnett County.
The Lilburn police responded to reports of a shooting at approximately 11:15 p.m. When the police arrived at the bowling alley, they reported that Gardner was suffering from “what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds,” according to the Gwinnett Daily Post.
“Despite the responding officer’s efforts at medical intervention, the victim was pronounced deceased by responding emergency medical personnel,” a news release said. “The investigation has determined Mr. Gardner was bowling with a group of friends when he stepped outside for an unknown reason.”
Gardner’s friends told police that the incident happened so quickly that they did not notice that Gardner had stepped out of the building into the parking lot until it was his turn to bowl, according to WSB-TV.
Lilburn police have said they currently do not know the shooter’s motive and are currently speaking with Gardner’s family and friends to find out why someone would want to shoot the young college student, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. Police have also started to process Gardner’s car and its contents, according to WSB-TV.
According to Fox 5 Atlanta, police are now looking for a silver Nissan Sentra that fled south from the bowling alley that night and could be connected to the crime.
Gardner was last enrolled at KSU in the spring 2018 semester and was set to continue his studies in the fall 2018 semester. His plan was to graduate with a degree in business and invest in the stock market, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
Gardner’s family and friends and police are asking that anyone with any information linked to the crime contact the Lilburn police department.
