Kiyana Jawaan Moses has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for felony murder in a 2021 Stockbridge killing, with an additional five years for possessing a firearm during a felony, WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta reported. Moses was 23 at the time of the shooting. The station reported that he was convicted on August 27, 2026, and sentenced on Monday.
What the sentence does — and does not — establish
Georgia’s State Board of Pardons and Paroles says life without parole may be imposed for murder when aggravating circumstances are sufficient to warrant a death sentence. The board also lists a second conviction for a serious violent felony as a basis for the sentence. Its guidance does not say which, if either, basis applied in Moses’s case, so the sentence alone does not establish that detail. The board’s guidance describes sentencing possibilities, not the reasoning in this individual case.
The killing and the case
The shooting happened October 8, 2021, at a home on Rayella Drive in Stockbridge. Prosecutors said a disagreement about household chores preceded the violence. According to WSB-TV’s account, Moses, who had come from Atlanta to visit his girlfriend, drew a gun and pursued the unarmed victim, firing five times. The victim died at a hospital.
WSB-TV reported that Moses was arrested in Virginia on October 14, six days after the shooting. The conviction and sentence resolve a case arising from that killing; the station’s account does not provide the basis for the life-without-parole sentence.
Statewide context
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s 2021 crime-clock table estimated that a murder occurred somewhere in Georgia every 11 hours, 45 minutes and 30 seconds on average. That statewide measure gives broad context for the year, but it is not a count for Stockbridge or Henry County and does not explain this particular killing.
