Suspect involved in June homicide to be extradited back to Georgia after Illinois arrest

ATLANTA — A man involved in a June homicide in northwest Atlanta was arrested in DeKalb, Illinois on Friday and is set to be extradited back to Georgia.

The Atlanta Police Department said 23-year-old Kevin Fox shot and killed a man at the Reserve at Hollywood Apartments in northwest Atlanta.

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The shooting occurred just after 11 p.m. and when police arrived at the apartments, they found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds. He was not alert, conscious, or breathing and was pronounced dead by medical personnel on scene.

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Fox was arrested by the Dekalb Police Department in Dekalb, Illinois on Friday and is set for extradition. He was arrested on charges unrelated to the homicide investigation in Atlanta.

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