Restaurant worker fatally shot and money bag taken as he lay bleeding on the ground

A Bibb County sheriff’s investigator heard cries for help Wednesday night as he passed Hot Wings Plus.

At about 10:15 p.m., the officer pulled into the restaurant parking lot at 3497 Pio Nono Ave. and found a man lying in the parking lot with gunshot wounds, according to a sheriff’s office news release.

The investigator ran to help Jian Fang Wang, 38, who had just closed the restaurant and gotten in his car when the gunman started shooting.

Witnesses say a black man dressed in dark clothing and a white top came out from behind the eatery and fire shots at Wang’s car, fatally injuring him before taking the restaurant’s money bag from the dying man.

As the investigator was helping Wang, he heard more gunshots and saw the suspect jump into a dark colored car that was parked off Rice Mill Road and drive off.

The suspect is described as a black man, 23 to 30 years old, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 170 pounds. He has a goatee and possibly drives a 2016 or 2017 Toyota Camry or Corolla. The car possibly has a drive-out tag, the sheriff’s department said in a news release.

Wang, who lived on Northside Drive in Macon, was rushed to Medical Center, Navicent Health, where he was pronounced dead in the operating room at 11:43 p.m., Bibb County Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley said.

“He was shot many times,” Miley said. “He was just working and making money.”

A neighbor of Wang’s, who hadn’t heard the news of his death, said he lived upstairs with a woman and two children.

Broken glass littered the restaurant parking lot Thursday morning, marking the spot where Wang’s car was parked.

Crime scene tape roped off the building at the scene of the county’s second armed robbery homicide this week.

Brij Patel, a L&C Convenient Store clerk was shot dead late Monday on Hillcrest Boulevard in another armed robbery.

At about 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, a 16-year-old was shot while walking home on Spencer Circle, a short distance from the scene of the Hot Wings Plus killing.

Anyone with information in these cases should call 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 877-68-CRIME.

This story was originally published August 24, 2017 at 5:04 AM with the headline "Restaurant worker fatally shot and money bag taken as he lay bleeding on the ground."