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Memorial to be held for slain Nashville musician

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mourners plan to gather Monday at a memorial service in Tennessee for musician Kyle Yorlets after the frontman for the rock band Carverton was gunned down during a robbery.

Yorlets, 24, was fatally shot outside his home Thursday, Metropolit­an Nashville police said.

Five youths in a stolen pickup truck were in an alley behind Yorlets’ home when they spotted him outside, police said in a statement.

They are accused of stealing his wallet, demanding the keys to his vehicle and shooting him when he refused.

Authoritie­s later arrested the youths at a Nashville store and recovered two stolen, loaded pistols. The suspects ranging in age from 12 to 16 were charged with criminal homicide, and prosecutor­s were seeking to try them as adults.

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