28-year-old man shot multiple times, killed on Parkwood Drive in Columbus
A Columbus man is dead after a Tuesday afternoon shooting a block away from Belvedere Park.
Police officials and medical staff responded to the intersection of Parkwood Drive and Braebern Street where they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds lying in the roadway.
The man, identified as 28-year-old Keamon Hightower, was pronounced deceased at 12:25 P.M. by Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan. Hightower’s mother was notified of his death.
Crime scene investigators and homicide detectives remain working the crime scene. Hightower is the 39th homicide victim this year.
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