Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd was shot and killed in an incident overnight in Atlanta, Georgia, according to news reports breaking on Sunday afternoon.
The actor — who most notably appeared in multiple Spike Lee films — was apparently pronounced dead due to multiple gunshot wounds in the back after an unknown incident that occurred around 1:45 a.m.
on Saturday in the Atlanta area. Related: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Diana Rigg Dead At 82 According to TMZ, Atlanta PD officers responded to a call of “a person injured” early Saturday morning, where they found Byrd unresponsive after having been shot multiple times.
Emergency medical workers attempted to save his life but apparently could not, and he was soon pronounced dead. The Georgia city’s
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