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Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd Dead After Multiple Gunshots In The Back

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Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd, whose body of work includes numerous Spike Lee movies, is dead after being shot multiple times in the back.

According to TMZ, Atlanta police responded to a report of a person injured at approximately 1:45 a.m. Saturday night. When police arrived, Byrd was unresponsive, with EMTs pronouncing him dead on the scene due to  “multiple gunshot wounds to the back.” Homicide detectives are investigating.

RELATED: Spike Lee Compares The Confederate Flag To The Swastika: ‘F**k That Flag’ Byrd’s first screen credit was a guest spot in a 1992 episode of “In the Heat of the Night”.

After appearing in Spike Lee’s 1995 thriller “Clockers”, Byrd went on to appear in several more of the director’s films, including “Girl 6”, “He

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