Austin
LIMA — A suspect in the Dec. 29 shooting death of Lima resident Kobe Bryant was arrested Monday afternoon.
Takal Austin, 18, was arrested on Monday at 3:37 p.m. on a single murder charge and is currently being held at the Allen County jail. No bond has been set.
Officers were dispatched shortly before 10 p.m. on the night of the shooting to the area of Branson Avenue and Fourth Street. They found Bryant, 22, in the yard of a residence at 643 E. Fourth St., suffering from gunshot wounds. The Lima man was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.
Bryant was one of the two teens charged in a May 14, 2017 shooting in the 300 block of North Collett Street, according to a statement issued by the Lima Police Department.
