Suspects In Homicide Relating To Death Of NFL Player Arrested

BIRMINGHAM, AL - Four men have been arrested and charged with the murder and kidnapping of Darryl Thomas. The incident has been linked to the murder of former Green Bay Packers player Carlos Gray.

The body of Darryl Thomas was found on a dirt road near the old Lipscomb dump on May 1, 2018. He had been shot multiple times.

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Thursday afternoon, Jefferson County Sheriff’s detectives obtained arrest warrants formally charging 24-year-old Cortez Clark-Johnson of Centet Point, 22-year-old Myzel Contest Arbuckle of Birmingham, 27-year-old Aeriol Lasean Barbee of Hoover, and 21-year-old Jalen McIntyre of Pinson with Capital Murder and Kidnapping 1st Degree. They are being held without bond.

The four men kidnapped and murdered Thomas because they believed him responsible for the Monday night shooting death of Gray at his home in Clay.

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