Arrest made in shooting death of 19-year-old in Atlanta

Atlanta homicide detectives arrested a man Tuesday in the killing of 19-year-old Lewis Anderson.

Anderson was shot to death on Jan. 28 on Thomasville Boulevard in southeast Atlanta after getting into an argument with another man, police said. The shooter fled the scene.

Michael Parks, 31, was located on Old Dixie Road on Tuesday and taken into custody on a murder charge. After being interviewed at Atlanta police headquarters, he was taken to the Fulton County jail.

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