Inset: Devin Riley (Georgia Department of Corrections). Background: News footage of the McDonald’s where Devin Riley shot Quintavious Clark (WSB).
A Georgia man convicted of killing a co-worker in what prosecutors described as a revenge attack will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Devin Riley, 35, received a sentence of life without parole plus 50 years after being found guilty of murdering 24-year-old Quintavious Clark. As reported by local ABC affiliate WSB, Riley worked with Clark at a McDonald’s in East Point, Georgia. A woman who managed the restaurant also worked with both men.
Prosecutors said the manager was Riley’s girlfriend when she became involved in a verbal confrontation with Clark. Fulton County prosecutors alleged that Riley returned to the restaurant several days later to retaliate against Clark.
According to WSB, Riley drove a red sedan through the McDonald’s parking lot at about 2 a.m. on Feb. 7, 2025. Clark was sitting in his car on a lunch break when Riley pulled alongside him and fired several shots. Surveillance cameras recorded the attack.
The red sedan was a rental vehicle equipped with a tracking device, allowing investigators to use geolocation data to identify Riley as the driver, prosecutors said. Investigators traced the vehicle to the home of another girlfriend, where Riley had gone before heading to the McDonald’s. After the shooting, he returned to that apartment and removed the sedan’s license plates.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis described the killing as “a very stupid crime.”
Riley continued to deny responsibility during a jailhouse call with WSB. Prosecutors acknowledged that the surveillance footage did not show the shooter’s face, but said statements Riley made in recorded jailhouse phone calls persuaded them that he was responsible for Clark’s killing.