Teenager Shot Dead For Knocking On A Wrong Apartment Door

Teenager Shot Dead For Knocking On A Wrong Apartment Door

A Georgia man has been arrested after he fatally shot a 19-year-old man who accidentally knocked on the wrong apartment door.  

The shooting victim, Omarian Banks, was dropped off
at the Retreat apartment complex in Atlanta around 12:30 a.m. on Friday.
According to police, Banks and his girlfriend recently moved into the
building and Banks, still unfamiliar with the area, knocked on what he
thought was his apartment door.  

Banks had reportedly made an error, approaching the door of 32-year-old Darryl Bynes
instead. According to the police account, the pair had a short
conversation before Bynes went inside, grabbed his gun and shot Banks as
he tried to get away, WSB-TV reported.

Banks’ girlfriend, who was on FaceTime at the time
of the shooting, told the local station that she heard her boyfriend say
“sorry, I’m at the wrong house” before Bynes reportedly called him a
racial slur adding “you at the right house.” She said she then heard two
shots being fired off.  

Police said that Bynes first claimed self-defense but evidence
suggests the victim was shot from Bynes’ balcony as he tried to get
away. Bynes was arrested and booked at the Fulton County Jail, where he
is facing murder charges. He had been arrested three previous times,
according to jail records.