ATLANTA — Atlanta police have arrested a teenager for carjacking and killing a 70-year-old man at a liquor store on Saturday evening.
Investigators say Jaylen Mosley, 19, was arrested shortly after the deadly shooting on Metropolitan Pkwy. SW near the I-85/I-75 downtown connector.
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Officers were called to the store just before 6:45 p.m. on Saturday where they found the man with a gunshot wound.
Police say the man was shot while being carjacked. He was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
His identity has not been released.
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According to Fulton County jail records, Mosley is being charged with murder, armed robbery, hijacking a motor vehicle, and more. He also has a fugitive from justice charge out of Harris County, Texas.
Channel 2 Action News has reached out to the Harris County, Texas Sheriff’s Office to learn more about why Mosley was wanted there.
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