Teen Kyle Taylor shot, killed in northwest Atlanta

Sep 23, 2015 - 08:50
Sep 23, 2015 - 11:48
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Teen Kyle Taylor shot, killed in northwest Atlanta
Police are investigating a shooting in northwest Atlanta.

Police are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a teenager oveight.

Police said it happened at about 1 a.m. Tuesday on Spellman Street in northwest Atlanta.

Investigators said the victim was in the house, went outside to meet two men, and that’s when the victim’s sister heard a gunshot.

”She was in the house and ran outside and found her brother lying in the street, Lt. Charles Hampton with the Atlanta Police Department said. ”We’re being told there may have been some type of argument with two males before the gunfire.

The victim died from a gunshot wound to the head, police said.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner identified the victim as 18-year-old Kyle Taylor, of Atlanta.

They said a final autopsy will be completed today.

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