Coroner: Deadly shooting at Lowell Apartments was homicide-suicide incident
New details have been released in the Sunday evening deadly double shooting which took place at an apartment complex on Milgen Road in Columbus.
Columbus law enforcement and Fire/EMS officials responded to Building 4 at 4712 Milgen Road, which is the address to The Lowell Apartments, in regards to a shooting on Sunday, May 19, 2024 around 7 P.M. Two victims were located deceased.
Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan identified one of the victims as 23-year-old Kayla Jenkins. She was pronounced dead outside of the apartment building from multiple gunshot wounds at 7:15 P.M.
The second decedent was identified Monday afternoon by police. 27-year-old Deandre Jones was discovered inside one of the units suffering from a gunshot wound(s). Jones was also pronounced at 7:15 P.M.
Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan confirms the incident was a homicide-suicide. It is believed Jones, who drove all the way from Fairburn, Georgia, shot and killed Jenkins, before turning the gun on himself. Jenkins was a Columbus State University. Jones and Jenkins had been dating for a couple months.
There have been 19 homicides so far this year.
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