Spike Lee mourns his longtime star Thomas Jefferson Byrd, 70, killed in apparent shooting

Police were dispatched to a home in Atlanta at 1:45 a.m. local time Sunday, where they found an unresponsive man, later identified as Byrd. Paramedics pronounced him dead from multiple gunshot wounds to the back, Atlanta police spokesperson Anthony Grant told USA TODAY.

Homicide detectives are"working to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident," Grant added.Lee, who directed Byrd in eight films between 1995 and 2005, mourned the actor in multiple Sunday, referring to the actor as"my guy" and"our beloved brother." The two collaborated on 1995's"Clockers," 1996's"Get on the Bus" and"Girl 6," 1998's"He Got Game," 2000's"Bamboozled," 2012's"Red Hook Summer," 2014's"Da Sweet Blood of Jesus" and 2015's"Chi-Raq.""Loved working with you Byrd," Viola Davis tweeted with several broken-heart emojis.

In addition to Lee's films, Byrd also appeared in the 1996 crime drama"Set It Off," 2004 Ray Charles biopic"Ray" and the TV series "She's Gotta Have It." According to IMDB, he is also set to appear in the upcoming Civil War drama"Freedom's Path."

It is such a shame, how we are talking,marching and shouting BLACK LIVES MATTER, when we as a people are killing the very future of our race the very young and the pioneers the ones that have forged and way for others. Defund the PD NOT HAPPENING!!!

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Seven gunshots in the back are not an incident! It's an assasination!

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