21-year-old man killed in shooting in Kennesaw neighborhood, 2 arrested

KENNESAW, Ga. - Police are investigating a deadly shooting in a Cobb County neighborhood early Friday morning.

Officials have confirmed that a shooting happened just after midnight at a home on the 2600 block of McGuire Drive off Jiles Road in Kennesaw.

According to police, officers responded to reports of gunfire and found evidence of a shooting in the road. 

"There was like six or seven gunshots," said Kevin Jenkins, who lives down the road from where the shooting happened. 

Shortly after, 911 operators received a call that 21-year-old Sanifu Henry had arrived at Kennestone Medical Center with a gunshot wound.

Henry was not able to survive his injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

"Sanifu never caused problems to anybody, and this is a horrible situation," said Mary Mathis, Henry's mother. 

Mathis says her son had some disabilities growing up but overcame them and graduated from Kell High School. She says she doesn't know why he was with the others in that car or what they were up to.

"He was loving and caring. If anybody is out there that's being led the wrong way, take this as a lesson and love your family hard, because they could be here today and not tomorrow," said Mathis. 

Kennesaw police say they identified two suspects, 18-year-old Zier Xzavier Green and 19-year-old Re’Shard Marquis Lee, in connection with the shooting. Both men are now in custody.

Green and Lee are charged with two counts of murder, aggravated assault, violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act with intent to distribute, and possession of a counterfeit substance.

Court documents show they possessed marijuana, as well as a mixture of marijuana and other substances that resembled oregano and/or spinach leaves. 

Investigators say the group of young men were in a car, when, according to investigators, a situation that may have involved drugs, went terribly wrong.  

"Definitely not normal around this neighborhood. We typically don't hear anything like that, or anything like that happening, so it was alarming," said Jenkins.

Cameras caught one man running through the woods. Neighbors say another ran down the street.

Investigators are still looking for the fourth person who was in that car. 

If you have any information that could help investigators, call the Kennesaw Police Department at 770-422-2505. 

The family has set up a GoFundMe account.