A black teenager fatally injured after knocking on the wrong door in Atlanta



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A black teenager was shot dead in Atlanta, Georgia, after knocking on the wrong door, police and loved ones said Saturday. 19-year-old Omarian Banks reportedly tried to find his girlfriend's new apartment when he mistakenly went to another apartment in the complex where she had recently moved. Banks was FaceTiming with his girlfriend before knocking on the door, said his cousin, Rakiya Hawkins, to ABC News. "(Banks) knocked on a door he thought was his girlfriend's apartment. A short time later, the victim walked away from the door, "Atlanta Police Sergeant John Chafee told ABC News in a statement. Darryl Bynes, who was in the apartment where Banks hit, would have "sat on his balcony to confront the victim," said Chafee. The two men exchanged words, then Bynes would have opened fire, according to Chafee. According to the Atlanta police release, Banks was shot in the neck and died on the spot. Bynes was arrested on Friday and charged with murder in court on Saturday morning.

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