Arrest made in southeast Atlanta homicide

A man wanted by Atlanta police for an August homicide in the city’s southeast was arrested in New Orleans.

Brian Kass, 19, is now in the Fulton County Jail, Atlanta police said.

He is charged with the murder of Martinez Turner, 38.

Turner was found shot in the 1400 block of Boulevard in southeast Atlanta on Aug. 17.

He was shot in the neck and died at the scene, police said.

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