Man killed in shooting on Apache Trail in Fort Mitchell
Russell County investigators are investigating an early Tuesday morning shooting which left one man dead in the Fort Mitchell community.
The shooting occurred at a home along Apache Trail in Westgate subdivision shortly before 9 A.M. on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.
Russell County Coroner Arthur Sumbry Jr. says the victim, identified as 46-year-old Dwight C. Jones, was pronounced dead on scene at 9:55 A.M. from multiple gunshot wounds.
Our photographer spotted the shooting investigation at a home with multiple Christmas decorations outside. The front door was blocked by a white sheet and several orange and blue cones were placed along the driveway.
The CNAW team has been told a suspect in the shooting was located nearby at Musclewood Drive at Moss Oak Drive. Several law enforcement marked and unmarked vehicles were spotted at the intersection.
The suspect, identified as 19-year-old Kahmali Kenyettah Anthony Jones, has been charged with Homicide-Murder-Non-Family-Gun, according to jail records. Jones was booked into the Russell County Jail at 12:13 P.M.
This remains a developing story.
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