Suspect on the loose for New Year’s Eve murder

The Atlanta Police Department issued an active arrest warrant for 26-year-old Da’Kyree Lamont Hawkins for the murder of Atlanta resident Vidarious Lakeieth Cooper which happened in Atlanta on Friday, December 31, 2021, in the late afternoon.

Cooper was gunned down after an altercation with Hawkins at the Country Place Apartments on Dogwood Street. According to witnesses on the scene, the disagreement started over drugs.

Hawkins is a 6’ 2”, 26-year-old, black male, weighing approximately 175 lbs. from Texarkana, Arkansas.

Atlanta Police Department is asking that if you have information on his whereabouts, please call the Atlanta Police Department at 903-796-7973 or call 911 if it is an emergency. Do not approach Hawkins as he is still considered to be armed and dangerous.