Atlanta (CNN) Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd was fatally shot in Georgia Saturday morning, according to Atlanta police spokesman Anthony Grant. Officers responded to southwest Atlanta for an injured person call. Byrd, 70, was pronounced dead at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds to the back, police said. Byrd was born in Griffin, south of Atlanta, according to IMDb . He received a bachelor's degree from Morris Brown College in Atlanta and a master's degree from the California Institute of the Arts.

Source: CNN October 04, 2020 21:59 UTC