Man shot in back but refuses to cooperate with sheriff's deputies

Bibb County sheriff's deputies don't know much after a 36-year-old man was shot in the back late Thursday.

Joshua Ricketson was on Winton Avenue when deputies contacted him about 9:25 p.m., but they don't know where the shooting happened, according to a sheriff's news release.

It's possible the shots were fired near M+M grocery on Montpelier Avenue, Bibb sheriff's public affairs Sgt. Linda Howard said.

Ricketson was uncooperative, but officers learned that several shots were fired into his car, hitting him in the lower back.

He initially refused medical treatment, but later he decided to follow paramedics to the Medical Center, Navicent Health, where he was in stable condition.

No one else was hurt.

Anyone with information is asked to contact an investigator at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 877-68-CRIME.

This story was originally published January 12, 2018 at 4:32 AM.