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Jackson police have filed charges on an adult and a juvenile in connection with last Friday’s homicide of Beau Reid in Lincoln Courts.

Christopher Orlando Lyles, 20, and a 17-year-old male, both of Jackson, are charged with first-degree murder of Reid in perpetration of aggravated robbery for the homicide. They both are also charged with aggravated burglary, two counts of attempted aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated kidnapping and employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony for crimes committed at 33 Carver Avenue Apt. B-2, which preceded the homicide.

Lyles was arraigned at 8 a.m. Monday in Jackson City Court where he was ordered held with no bond. The 17-year-old is anticipated to have a detention hearing in Madison County Juvenile Court sometime today, but an exact time was not immediately known.

Police are not searching for any other suspects in connection with these crimes.

At approximately 3:53 a.m. Friday, July 17, police were called about a shooting in Lincoln Courts. Officers arrived to find Beau Reid, 29, of Jackson, outside apartment 124-A with gunshot wounds. He was transported to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital and pronounced dead.

Throughout the day, investigators followed leads, which resulted in apartment searches at 33 Carver Avenue and Lincoln Courts. With the assistance of the surveillance cameras in Lincoln Courts and 33 Carver Avenue and by interviewing witnesses, Investigators identified two suspects. They were taken into custody around 4 p.m., Friday together inside an apartment in Lincoln Courts.