Atlanta police seek tips to identify suspects in Ponce De Leon homicide

Atlanta police are asking anyone who recognizes two people captured on surveillance video near 737 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE to come forward in homicide case 261750494. Officers responded there around 2:33 a.m. on June 24, 2026, for a person down and found an unresponsive male who was pronounced dead on scene by Grady EMS.

The Atlanta Police Department said the people it wants identified include a male with dreadlocks and a female companion seen walking through the establishment on camera. That video is the most concrete public lead in the case, because detectives have not released a victim name, a motive, or a cause of death.

The case sits with the Atlanta Police Department Homicide Unit, which is part of the Major Crimes Section in the Criminal Investigations Division. APD says that unit handles homicides, cold cases, missing adults, deaths in custody and complex special investigations. The initial response at the Ponce corridor has now turned into a live identification effort, with investigators treating the video as a way to connect faces, movements and timelines to the death at 737 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE.

Investigators are also looking for the driver of a damaged red sedan seen near the scene, adding another possible witness trail for anyone who was in the area before dawn. The case was initially treated as noncriminal before additional information prompted a homicide reclassification while autopsy results were pending, leaving detectives with key unanswered questions about what happened inside that stretch of Ponce De Leon Avenue Northeast.

Police are directing tips to Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS (8477), where callers can remain anonymous. Tips can also be submitted online or by text, and APD and Crime Stoppers say information may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000. The public help now centers on a narrow set of identifiers: the man with dreadlocks, the female companion caught on video, and the damaged red sedan that may tie the scene together before the investigation was fully sealed off.