16-year-old dies after shooting at Arbor Pointe Apartments in Columbus late Friday night
A teenager has died following a shooting late Friday night at a south Columbus apartment complex.
The shooting around 10 P.M. on Friday, July 7, 2023, in the 3500 block of Gazebo Way, which is located inside the Arbor Pointe Apartment complex. Medics transported the gunshot wound victim to Piedmont Columbus Regional.
Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan identified the victim as 16-year-old Bobby Lyons. Lyons was pronounced dead at 9:02 A.M. on Saturday, July 8, 2023, in the intensive care unit of the hospital.
Violent Crimes detectives are investigating.
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