15-year-old shot, killed at Village Way in Columbus
A 15-year-old boy is dead after being shot Sunday afternoon in east Columbus.
The shooting occurred shortly after 2 P.M. in the 5200 block of Village Way, off of St Mary’s Road.
The victim, later identified as 15-year-old Leonardo Kentrell Luke, was pronounced deceased at Piedmont Columbus Regional. Muscogee County Deputy Coroner Ben Saxon was summoned to the hospital to work the death.
This is the fifth homicide this weekend.
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