After an emergency call was made in Atlanta, Georgia, around 1:45 a.m. on October 3, 2020, Byrd was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds in his back and pronounced dead. He was 70.
Byrd was discovered deceased from multiple gunshot wounds in his back following an urgent call for assistance in Atlanta, Georgia, at approximately 1:45 a.m. on October 3, 2020. He was 70 years old.