Police investigating fatal shooting in west Macon near Log Cabin Drive

A man was found fatally shot Monday morning in west Macon in the 1000 block of Thomas Place.

Milton Dwayne Sanford, 28, was found by deputies in a vehicle with a single gunshot wound just before 11 a.m. Sanford, of Jones County, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Thomas Place is off of Edna Place near the intersection of Log Cabin Drive and Napier Avenue.

Sanford’s death marks the 40th homicide in Macon of 2020, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said. The modern-day record for homicides in Macon, set in 1992, is 43, according to a Telegraph article.

Anyone with information in reference to this incident is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.

This story was originally published November 2, 2020 at 12:09 PM.