Spike Lee Pays Tribute to 'Clockers' Star Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Says Actor Was Murdered

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerA 30-year-old man was arrested Friday by Atlanta police in connection with the killing of film actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd.Suspect Antonio Demetrice Rhynes was arrested in an early-morning raid at an apartment complex, police said. He was booked into the Fulton County Jail.

Atlanta police on Friday announced a suspect had been arrested in connection to theThomas Jefferson Byrd homicide case. Antonio Demetrice Rhynes, 30, of Atlanta, was taken into custody Friday morning on suspicion of fatally shooting the actor, who appeared in such Spike Lee filmsClockers,He Got GameandRed Hook Summer.

Also Read: Spike Lee Collaborator Thomas Jefferson Byrd Murdered in Atlanta, Director Says“The Atlanta Police Department is proud of the diligent efforts of the Homicide Unit to identify a suspect in this crime and the skilled and professional work done by the Fugitive Unit and SWAT Unit to take Mr Rhynes into custody without incident.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterPolice arrested a man on Friday morning who is accused of murdering Thomas Jefferson Byrd, the character actor who appeared in several Spike Lee films.Antonio Demetrice Rhynes, 30, was arrested by a fugitive unit and SWAT team officers, according to the Atlanta Police Department.Rhynes is accused of shooting Byrd early on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 3.

A suspect has been arrested in the murder of actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd, whose was found dead near his Atlanta home after being shot numerous times in the.

Even though Spike Lee is a diehard Knicks fan and a longtime resident of NYC, the latter of which has been under attack recently due to its strict COVID precautions, the filmmaker is having one hell of a 2020. Not only is his recent Netflix feature, “Da 5 Bloods,” deep in the conversation for awards season but he’s also set to release a new HBO film, “David Byrne’s American Utopia” later this month.

Director Spike Lee is opening up about not knowing that Chadwick Boseman was sick with colon cancer while filming Da 5 Bloods, which was released earlier this year.

Spike Lee is reflecting on his time working with Chadwick Boseman on. The 63-year-old director covers the New York issue of , and opens up about not knowing the actor was sick prior to his death.

Clayton Davis In a new cover story with Variety, director Spike Lee talked about working with Chadwick Boseman on “Da 5 Bloods.” The Vietnam war drama, which came out on Netflix over the summer, would be one of the last roles for the 43-year-old actor, who died in August from colon cancer.“I didn’t know Chad was sick,” Lee said. “He did not look well, but my mind never took that he had cancer.

Authorities in Atlanta are offering a $10,000 reward as they continue to search for the suspect who shot actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd. Best known for his roles in Spike Lee films, Byrd was found dead around 1:45 a.m.

Spike Lee still gets recognized on a walk in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.On this sunny September morning, the 63-year-old director and activist is participating in a socially distanced photo shoot on the street outside his production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. As Lee stands on the corner, a dark Subaru screeches to a halt.

Thomas Jefferson Byrd was an actor known for roles in Spike Lee films including “Clockers” and “Get on the Bus.”Byrd worked with Lee in a number of the acclaimed director’s films, beginning with 1995’s “Clockers,” in which he played a drug lord’s enforcer. Byrd would return to the big screen in Lee’s “Girl 6” (1996), “Get on the Bus” (1996), “He Got Game” (1998), “Bamboozled” (2000), “Red Hook Summer” (2012), “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” (2014) and “Chi-Raq” (2015).

In an Instagram post Sunday, Lee said he was sad to announce Byrd’s death and recalled how the actor “did his thang” in his films including “Clockers,” “Chi-Raq,” “Bamboozled,” “He Got Game” and “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus,” among others.“May we all wish condolences and blessings to his family,” Lee wrote.

Clockers, Bamboozled and Chi-Raq, was found over the weekend after police were called to a home in Atlanta.They found an unresponsive man, who was pronounced dead by paramedics from multiple gunshot wounds to the back, Atlanta police spokesperson Anthony Grant confirmed (via USA Today).Grant added that homicide detectives were “working to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident”.

View this post on InstagramA post shared by Spike Lee (@officialspikelee) on Oct 4, 2020 at 10:40am PDTByrd was a long time collaborator of Lee’s, working with the director on eight films from 1995 to 2015.

Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd was shot and killed in an incident overnight in Atlanta, Georgia, according to news reports breaking on Sunday afternoon.