American actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd has been killed, aged 70. The star, who appeared in several Spike Lee films, was found dead in Atlanta, according to Lee himself.Spike announced the news as he shared a photo of Thomas as the character Errol Barnes in his 1995 film, Clockers.He said: "I’m So Sad To Announce The Tragic Murder Of Our Beloved Brother Thomas Jefferson Byrd Last Night In Atlanta, Georgia." As well as Clockers, Byrd also appeared in Get on the Bus, Bamboozled, He Got Game, Red Hook Summer, Chi-Raq" and more.Atlanta PD told TMZ cops responded to a call of a person injured at 1:45 AM Saturday.Byrd was reportedly found unresponsive, and emergency medical workers pronounced him dead from multiple gunshot wounds to the.
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