Overview
- Investigators identified the suspect as Rashad Dixon, 34, and said he is in custody following the late‑night incident in southwest Atlanta.
- Dixon faces charges including murder, aggravated assault and battery, first‑degree cruelty to children, false imprisonment, possession of a knife during a felony, two counts of criminal damage to property, and simple assault.
- Officers responding around 11:30 p.m. Saturday forced entry through a locked window and used de‑escalation tactics to remove the injured child from an adult male.
- The girl, who suffered multiple lacerations, was rushed to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta – Hughes Spalding and later died, police said.
- The adult male at the scene appeared to have lacerations, was taken into custody, and was transported to a hospital, while investigators continue to determine what led to the stabbing and have not released the child’s identity or official cause of death.