Police use Lyft to find Fayette County home invasion suspect

Jeffrey Wallace (left) and Kavion Tookes (right) are shown in these mug shots provided by the Fayette County Sheriff

Credit: Fayette County Sheriff

Credit: Fayette County Sheriff

Jeffrey Wallace (left) and Kavion Tookes (right) are shown in these mug shots provided by the Fayette County Sheriff

Two of the men who allegedly broke into a large Fayette County home and killed the 74-year-old man who lived there appeared in court Monday, while a third suspect remained at large, police said.

Jeffrey Lee Wallace, 22, of Atlanta, and Kavion Wyzeenski Tookes, 21, of Decatur, were charged with malice murder in the death of Albert Eugene DeMagnus, the Fayette County Sheriff's Office said.

Authorities said they nabbed one of the two suspects with the help of a Lyft driver.

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