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Tyler LaFonte` Bingham

Case from Lithonia, GA dated May 07, 2017

Victim Details

Tyler LaFonte` Bingham

Male

Black / African American

Lithonia

GA

2017-05-07

16

Tyler

LaFonte` Bingham

06/29/2026

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In the afternoon hours of May 7, 2017, a young life was tragically cut short on Cody Court in Lithonia, Georgia. Tyler LaFonte` Bingham, a 16-year-old male, was found shot multiple times around 5 p.m. The motive for this violent act appeared to be the theft of his backpack.

The investigation into Bingham's death quickly led authorities to two suspects, 21-year-old Adaren Kemond Carter and his 16-year-old cousin, Jacob Maddox. An observant neighbor had photographed Carter and Maddox fleein ...
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  • ajc: ‘I shot him, bro’: Details emerge in killing of DeKalb 16-year-old
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