19-year-old Phenix City man killed in apartment complex shooting
A homicide investigation is underway by investigators after a Phenix City man was gunned down late Tuesday night.
Authorities were called to the area of 16th Street and 2nd Avenue where they located the critically wounded man. The man was pronounced deceased.
Russell County Coroner Arthur Sumbry confirmed the man’s identity and age as 19-year-old Jaemond Denard Smith. Smith will be sent to Montgomery for an autopsy.
This homicide scene is nearly 500 feet away from the December 3rd Riverwalk Double Homicide scene, which left two men, Darrelyn Harris and John Burkus dead.
No information involving any suspect(s) or person of interest(s) in the murder of Jaemond Smith has been released.
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