Nashville Murder Suspect Dies After Falling From Atlanta Apartment Balcony During Arrest Attempt

ATLANTA, Ga. – A Chicago man wanted in connection with a deadly 2025 shooting that followed an armed robbery at Nashville’s Mall at Green Hills died Tuesday after falling from an Atlanta apartment balcony as law enforcement officers attempted to arrest him.

Genesis Denton, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene Sept. 22 after falling from an apartment building in the 1300 block of Chattahoochee Avenue NW, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Denton was wanted in Nashville in connection with the Feb. 4, 2025, death of Emmanuel Easley, 30. The shooting followed an armed robbery involving high-end merchandise in the parking lot of the Mall at Green Hills.

According to information released by Metro Nashville Police following the 2025 incident, Denton had been robbed at gunpoint of Louis Vuitton merchandise.

Police said Omari Moore, 30, and Easley arrived in a Tesla. Moore got out of the passenger side armed with a handgun equipped with an extended magazine and confronted Denton.

Denton and Moore struggled before Moore took bags containing Louis Vuitton merchandise and returned to the Tesla, according to the police account.

Easley, who was driving, then fled the mall parking lot.

Police said Easley was shot after the Tesla left the mall. He subsequently lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree near the Interstate 65 northbound entrance ramp from Interstate 440.

Easley was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he later died.

More than a year and a half later, authorities tracked Denton to Atlanta.

At approximately 5:40 a.m. Sept. 22, 2026, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team responded to an apartment building on Chattahoochee Avenue NW to assist the U.S. Marshals Service in locating Denton on the Nashville murder warrant.

According to preliminary information from the GBI, deputies knocked on the apartment door while other officers were positioned outside the building.

Denton approached a sliding door leading to an exterior balcony, investigators said. Officers outside fired less-lethal munitions toward the balcony door in an attempt to keep Denton inside the apartment.

Denton then went onto the balcony, climbed over the railing and fell to the roadway below, according to the GBI.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The GBI’s initial account did not specify what type of less-lethal munitions officers used or whether Denton was struck by any of them.

His body was taken to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.

The Atlanta Police Department requested that the GBI investigate Denton’s in-custody death.