He went to visit his girlfriend, but he was disturbed by the doorbell and the neighbor shot him dead

April 1, 2019

The incident occurred in Atlanta, United States. The victim, aged 19, went for the first time to the neighborhood in which her partner had settled. They are investigating to find out if it was a racist attack.

A 19-year-old was killed by a neighbor in Atlanta, USA, looking for the new apartment of his girlfriend.

According to the reconstruction of the facts, the victim, identified as a Omarian Banks, rang the bell of the aggressor by mistake and, after asking forgiveness, he was shot dead.. Although the attacker said he took out the weapon to defend himself, investigators suspect that it was a racist attack.

The young man did not know the neighborhood well since his girlfriend had recently moved. In fact, the young woman explained to the police that she was waiting for her on Friday at noon at The Retreat, in the southwest of the city.

In addition, the couple explained that, as Banks did not know the way, she was talking to him all the way FaceTime. When his taxi left him at the entrance, the young man said that he was already close but that he never reached his door.

The first investigations revealed that Omarian had rang the bell of another neighbor and when he had realized his mistake, he had apologized and tried to leave . However, on the other side of the door, Darryl Bynes, 32, reacted violently and killed him with a gunshot.

After the murder, the badailant badured the police that he had done so in self-defense, but the police found that He shot the victim from his balcony, while Omarian was going away.

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In addition, the girl's girlfriend said that she heard that his neighbor was insulted by his boyfriend for his skin color.

When the officers arrived at the crime scene, they found Omarian with a neck injury. Although they tried to revive it, it was in vain because he was already dead. For its part, Bynes has been charged with murder and is currently being held at Fulton County Jail.