Crime

Dying Macon woman found with multiple gunshot wounds on Unionville street

Blood stains mark the spot on Elpis Street where Bibb sheriff's deputies found Jamarta Chennelle Clark suffering from multiple gunshot wounds early Thursday.
Blood stains mark the spot on Elpis Street where Bibb sheriff's deputies found Jamarta Chennelle Clark suffering from multiple gunshot wounds early Thursday. lfabian@macon.com

A 26-year-old Macon woman was found with multiple gunshot wounds early Thursday in the Unionville neighborhood.

About 2 a.m., officers were called to investigate a report that shots had been fired near Elpis Street, which is a block off Columbus Road between Pansy and Grosso avenues.

Jamarta Chennelle Clark, of Macon, was lying in the road between Grosso and Lilly avenues, according to a release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.

She was taken to the Medical Center, Navicent Health, where she was pronounced dead.

Investigators have no description of a suspect, as the shooter got away before investigators arrived.

Anyone with information is asked to call for an investigator at 478-751-7500 or phone anonymous tips to Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 877-68-CRIME.

This story was originally published March 29, 2018 at 5:59 AM with the headline "Dying Macon woman found with multiple gunshot wounds on Unionville street."

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