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WATCH: Atlanta police release body cam video of moments they arrested murder suspect in Midtown

WATCH: Atlanta police release body cam video of moments they arrested murder suspect in Midtown

ATLANTA — Atlanta Police have released video of the moments they arrested a suspected murderer from South Carolina last week.

Police said they were notified about a potential murder suspect in a beige Honda Civic in the area of Piedmont Ave. and Monroe Drive on March 1.

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Officers found the car and pulled it over. Jason Daiyon Taylor, 21, was identified by officers as being a murder suspect out of Greenville, SC.

Taylor is accused of killing Jorrell Wright on March 9 during a fight.

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Atlanta police also took a woman in the car into custody. Officers were able to seize and recover illegal narcotics and a stolen gun inside the car.

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Taylor was arrested on murder charges as well as possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of a schedule 2 controlled substance, possession of schedule four controlled substance, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and theft by receiving stolen property.

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