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Lovejoy Park murder suspect accused of killing teen with autism still on the run

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Published  August 14, 2023 7:41pm EDT
Clayton County
FOX 5 Atlanta

Teen murder suspect on the run

Police have posted a lookout for Oliver Choyce on charges of murder and aggravated assault. Police say he shot and killed an autistic 16-year-old in June at Lovejoy Park on McDonough Road in Hampton. Investigators are considering Choyce to be armed and dangerous.

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. - Clayton County police are on the lookout for a teen accused of murdering a 16-year-old on the autism spectrum at Lovejoy Park in June.

Officials say they found the victim's body in the park located at 1935 McDonough Road just before 6 p.m. on June 29. He had been shot multiple times.

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Oliver Lamar Choyce, a 15-year-old known to frequent Lovejoy, Atlanta and Fulton County, was identified as a suspect in the homicide.

Choyce is 6-feet-1-inch tall, weighs about 140 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.

Oliver Lamar Choyce (Credit: Clayton County Police Department)

He is wanted in Clayton County for murder and aggravated assault. Police consider him to be both armed and dangerous and should not be approached.

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If you see him, please call 911 immediately.