$10K Reward: Suspect Sought In Slaying Of 16-Year-Old Girl

ATLANTA, GA -- In a case Patch has continued to cover, law enforcement officials are offering a $10,000 reward for information on a man wanted in the slaying of a 16-year-old Decatur girl.

Dwight Lewis is accused of firing "several rounds from his semi-automatic handgun, as part of an altercation, into a vehicle" the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Atlanta Police Department said Monday.

Keosha Tinch was shot to death Feb. 2 in the parking lot outside the Deerfield Gardens Apartment on the 2900 block of Campbellton Road. As Patch previously reported, She was sitting in the back of an SUV when a confrontation between another passenger and a man outside led to a gunfight.

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A GoFundMe account set up in behalf of the victim's family says that Keosha was "excited about life and turning 17."

Lewis is described by law enforcement as being 26 years of age, 6’5” in height and about 200 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes, police said.

Anyone with information in this matter should contact Crime Stoppers Atlanta at (404) 577-8477.

Image courtesy of FBI