Around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, South Fulton police responded to reports of shooting at a home in the 4200 block of Fortune Point in the Cooks Landing community. When police arrived in the peaceful residential area of South Fulton, Georgia, they discovered two adolescent males who had been shot. Both victims were taken to nearby hospitals by emergency medical services in serious condition, where they eventually passed away from their wounds despite efforts to save their lives.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims as 16-year old-Jamauri Smarr and 14-year-old Jeremiah Carter both residents of the South Fulton area. The two teens were students with one attending Banneker High School where classmates and staff have been stunned by the loss. The shooting claimed the lives of the young boys leaving their families and the community in profound grief over the sudden violence in the Cooks Landing neighborhood.
South Fulton police have launched an active search for the gunman responsible for the shooting in the 4200 block of Fortune Point with no arrests made as of the latest updates. Authorities have not released a description or motive stating only that the investigation is ongoing and the suspect remains at large. Witnesses and evidence from the Fortune Point scene are being reviewed as detectives work to determine what led to the gunfire that night in the residential subdivision.
South Fulton Mayor expressed condolences to the families of the young victims and the entire community as we grapple with this devastating loss while noting that despite the tragedy South Fulton remains one of the safest cities in the state. The shooting has prompted increased patrols in the Cooks Landing neighborhood near Fortune Point as residents process the loss of two teens in what should have been a safe suburban setting.
Students and staff at Banneker High School are stunned and upset over the shooting deaths of two classmates with grief counselors made available to support those affected. The broader South Fulton community has rallied in mourning with calls for peace and an end to gun violence in the area. Family and friends have shared tributes highlighting the bright futures cut short by the incident on Fortune Point in Cooks Landing.
The South Fulton Police Department continues its investigation into the March 17 shooting in the 4200 block of Fortune Point urging anyone with information or video from the Cooks Landing neighborhood to contact authorities. Tips can be submitted anonymously as detectives work to identify the shooter and bring justice for the families of Jamauri Smarr and Jeremiah Carter. The case remains active with no further details released pending progress in the probe.
