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Macon man shot and killed during fight Friday evening in west Bibb County, cops say

A man was shot and killed Friday night in Bibb County, according to county coroner Leon Jones.

Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the incident, which occurred around 8:30 p.m. in the 7500 block of Bethel Church Road in west Bibb County. According to the sheriff’s office, 69-year-old Freddie Lee Battle and Christopher Leon Woods, 60, got into a fight. Woods retrieved a weapon, the sheriff’s office said, and allegedly shot and killed Battle.

Woods is being held without bail in the Bibb County jail on charges of murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

This story was originally published July 30, 2021 at 9:53 PM.

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Caleb Slinkard is the Georgia Editor for McClatchy, running the Macon Telegraph and Columbus Ledger-Enquirer newsrooms. Previously, he led newsrooms for the El Dorado (Ark.) News-Times, the Norman (Okla.) Transcript and the Greenville (Texas) Herald-Banner. He’s a graduate of Texas A&M University-Commerce and has taught journalism classes and practicums at the University of Oklahoma and Mercer University.
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