Shamar McLeroy
Shamar McLeroy, 21, was raised by his grandmother, Rosie Gray, from toddlerhood, and she says she cannot sleep thinking about him. He died in October 2022 at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia, where he was found dead in his cell with his hands and feet bound. His family says the jail chaplain told them the paperwork listed the death as a homicide and that jail staff told them he was strangled. Officials are investigating the death as a homicide, and his family, including his aunt Serintha Gray, wants accountability from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (disputed). The family says jail staff told them he was strangled and bound at the hands and feet, and that the paperwork lists his death as a homicide; officials are investigating it as a homicide, and the family wants accountability from the jail.
Reported by: family; jail chaplain; Fulton County Jail officials (the agency that held him).