Man shot to death while riding bicycle on 35th Street in Columbus
The eleventh homicide for 2023 is under investigation after a man was shot and killed in the North Highland area of Columbus.
Columbus police, firefighters, and medics responded to the intersection of 35th Street at 5th Avenue where they found a person shot.
Crime scene investigators, homicide detectives, and Muscogee County Coroner’s Office were dispatched to the scene.
Muscogee County Deputy Coroner Ben Saxon pronounced the victim, identified as 36-year-old Jeffery Randez Smith, was pronounced dead on scene. Smith was found shot to death on the bicycle he was riding on.
An autopsy has been scheduled and the family has been notified.
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