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Murder suspects searched victim’s pockets after shooting, cops say

Taleeb Emanuel Paige (Credit: Clayton County Sheriff's Office)
Taleeb Emanuel Paige (Credit: Clayton County Sheriff's Office)
By Raisa Habersham
June 29, 2017

An armed robbery and murder suspect was arrested Wednesday in connection with a shooting in Atlanta earlier this month, authorities said.

Clayton County and Atlanta police arrested Taleeb Emanuel Paige on Mt. Zion Road in Jonesboro.

Officials said Paige and an unidentified suspect shot a man June 8 in the chest on Langston Avenue and then went through his pockets.

Paige is in the Fulton County jail without bond.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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