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Atlanta man indicted in Cobb apartment double homicide

Broderick Lewis Taylor
Broderick Lewis Taylor
By Ben Brasch
May 9, 2017

A southwest Atlanta man has been indicted in the deaths of two Alabama men, court records show.

A Cobb County grand jury formally charged Broderick Taylor with several murder counts last week.

Police said 26-year-old Taylor had been arguing with Roderick Foster and Deandre Brooks before shooting them at the Winwood Apartments in Austell the night after Valentine's Day.

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Cobb police have not said what the argument was about nor did the agency respond to that question Tuesday.

Both Foster, 28, and Brooks, 26, were from Montgomery, Alabama.

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Taylor, who lives off Camp Creek Parkway and Reynolds Road Southwest, was also indicted on charges of possessing a firearms as a felon. He became a felon in 2008 when he was convicted of theft.

His next court date was not listed online.

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