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Homicide detectives make arrest in May 2020 murder of teen at Wilson Apts. in Columbus
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Columbus homicide detectives continue to make arrests in murders that have happened in the city. The latest arrest is 23-year-old Ahmad Stanley Turner Jr.
Turner is the third suspect in the murder of 16-year-old Lamarion Wright which occurred on May 22nd, 2020 in the 3400 block of 8th Avenue near building 112 at Luther Wilson Apartments. Deputy Coroner Charles Newton responded to the scene and pronounced Wright deceased.
Several days later after the murder in May, a 14-year-old and 16-year-old both turned themselves in to the police headquarters. Nearly 2 years after hard investigating, Turner was arrested in Dublin, Ga. and extradited to Muscogee County on one count of murder.
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