The man accused of killing gay civic activist Barney Simms by gunning him down in Simms' front yard pleaded guilty on Monday and was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
A man accused of gunning down a gay civic activist outside his southwest Atlanta home was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury and now faces life in prison.
The 17-year-old man accused of killing gay civic activist Barney Simms said he shot the 70-year-old victim twice in the back to defend himself from Simms' sexual advances.
Just hours after Atlanta police publicly identified the suspected killer of gay civic leader Barney Simms, the agency's fugitive squad arrested him about two miles from the scene of the killing.
Atlanta police are on the hunt for a 17-year-old they say is suspected of gunning down and killing gay civic leader Barney Simms in the front yard of his southwest Atlanta home on Saturday.
Atlanta police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who shared a meal at Waffle House with a gay civic leader a short time before he was gunned down and killed in the front yard of his home.
A prominent gay civic leader, volunteer and neighborhood activist was gunned down in the front yard of his southwest Atlanta home on Saturday, killed by a single bullet before his assailant fled in the victim's Lexus.
