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Arrest made in West End tattoo parlor slaying

By Mike Morris
Jan 28, 2013

Atlanta police made an arrest late Sunday in the shooting death earlier this month of an employee at a West End tattoo parlor.

Anton Johnson was killed in the shooting, which happened around 6 p.m. on Jan. 16 at a tattoo parlo in the 800 block of Lee Street.

A second employee was shot in the chest, and was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition. His name has not been released.

Atlanta police spokesman Sgt. Greg Lyon told the AJC in an e-mail Monday that Clifford Harris, 22, was arrested Sunday and charged with murder, aggravated assault and armed robbery.

Harris is being held without bond in the Fulton County Jail.

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