As Senior Correctional Officer Scott Riner arrived for his shift in the early morning (5:15 am) of December 13th to the Gwinnet County Correctional Complex’s employee parking lot and was preparing to depart his vehicle, he immediately became aware of a suspicious person approaching the passenger front side of his vehicle. Officer Riner exited his vehicle and stepped towards the rear of his vehicle, questioning the suspicious person, when the offender produced a handgun and shot Officer Riner. Officer Riner fell to the ground, the offender ran to where Officer Riner was on the ground and fired a second, fatal, up-close gunshot, killing Officer Riner. The Offender then circled back around and appeared to do a final check of Officer Riner as he laid on the ground before running off. Moments prior to the arrival of Officer Riner in the employee parking lot it was observed on institution security cameras the offender walking into the prison’s employee parking lot and utilizing staff vehicles to obscure his approach as he maneuvered towards Officer Riner. The offender fled the scene but was arrested three days later and charged with felony murder and aggravated assault. The investigation revealed that the offender had been in the area for an extended period of time before attacking and killing Officer Riner.