Fatal shooting victim identified

A man was shot and killed at an apartment complex in Macon on Sunday.

Bibb County Sheriff’s Lt. Randy Gonzalez said the shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. at English Avenue Apartments at 2336 English Avenue.

Coroner Leon Jones identified the victim as Ralfeale Lowe, 35. Jones said Lowe lived in the apartment where he was found shot. Jones said he was shot twice in the chest.

Gonzalez said the body was found just inside the front door of the apartment.

Several people at the scene following the shooting were emotional, but declined comment. Yellow crime-scene taped blocked off the entire apartment complex as investigators worked the scene. One tearful man banged on a door of the complex in frustration. Another person near the apartment where the shooting happened wailed loudly.

A man who lived in the apartments across the street, who identified himself a “Thriller” Miller, said he heard two gunshots.

“It’s beginning to be like normal,” he said.

Another man who lived in the apartment complex, but declined to identify himself, said he also heard two gunshots. He said there had been trouble in the complex before but not a homicide.

Jones said Lowe was pronounced dead at the Medical Center, Navicent Health shortly after the shooting. He said it’s Macon’s 13th homicide of the year.

This story was originally published September 11, 2016 at 6:04 PM with the headline "Fatal shooting victim identified."