Columbus Police Investigate First Homicide Of 2024
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Columbus police are investigating the first homicide in the city in 2024 after a 39-year-old man was fatally shot Monday.
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COLUMBUS, GA-Police in the city of Columbus, Georgia are investigating the first homicide of 2024 in the west Georgia city. A 39-year-old man died Monday evening in a shooting on the southside of the city.
Columbus police were called to an apartment in the 2300 block of Fort Benning Road on Monday, January 8, 2024, in reference to the shooting. When police arrived they located a male that had been shot inside of an apartment at the complex.
The victim was transported to Piedmont Midtown Medical Center in Columbus for treatment but succumb to his injuries. Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan arrived on the scene and pronounced the victim deceased at 6:51 p.m.
Bryan has identified the victim as William Thomas Brown, 39. The victim sustained multiple gun shot injuries according to the coroners office. Police have not announced any suspect information at this time.
The death marks the first homicide in Columbus/Muscogee County in 2024. According to our records and tally the City of Columbus recorded 55 homicides in 2023.
Monday's homicide remains under investigation by the Columbus Police Department.