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Atlanta man accused of fatally shooting teen arrested in Detroit

Dwight Lewis (Credit: CrimeStoppers Atlanta)
Dwight Lewis (Credit: CrimeStoppers Atlanta)
By Raisa Habersham
Aug 3, 2017

Six months after Keosha Tinch was found riddled with bullets in a SUV outside a southwest Atlanta apartment complex, FBI officials have arrested the man they believe killed her.

Dwight Lewis, 27, was arrested Thursday in Detroit on murder charges stemming from the Feb. 2 shooting, FBI Atlanta Special Agent Stephen Emmett said.

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Lewis allegedly shot and killed 16-year-old Tinch after a fight with her inside the SUV at the Deerfield Gardens Apartments, Emmett said.

Keosha Tinch (Credit: GoFundMe)
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Tinch, then a junior at Columbia High School, died a week before her birthday.

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Lewis will remain in the Wayne County Detention Center, where he will await extradition proceedings.

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

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