Young man is dead after shooting outside west Macon home

A 23-year-old man is dead after he was found shot Friday night in a yard of a west Macon home.

Jayme Divine Johnson of Macon had been shot multiple times, said Bibb County Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley.

Johnson was pronounced dead at 9:28 p.m. outside a home in the 3800 block of Middleton Ave., Miley said.

Authorities were dispatched to the area after an anonymous caller to 911 reported that a person had been shot, Miley said.

“We have no idea why this young man was shot,” Miley said Saturday. “It’s still under investigation.”

Bibb County sheriff’s investigators continued working Saturday to determine the circumstances surrounding the 8:24 p.m. shooting, according Bibb County sheriff’s Sgt. Linda Howard.

An autopsy is expected at a GBI crime lab Monday.

The killing marks the 23rd homicide this year for Macon-Bibb, according to Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones. In 2018, 41 people lost their lives in homicides in Macon-Bibb.

Middleton Avenue is located off Mumford Road in the Bellevue neighborhood.

Anyone with information about Friday night’s shooting is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500, or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.

This story was originally published November 23, 2019 at 11:46 AM.