35-year-old man shot to death near Macon’s Pendleton Homes, coroner says

A 35-year-old man shot in the abdomen Tuesday night along Houston Avenue on Macon’s south side was later pronounced dead at a city hospital, officials said.

Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones identified the slain man as Terrance Deshun Chapman.

Sheriff’s officials said the shooting happened near the entrance to Pendleton Homes, a sprawling public-housing complex at the intersection of Houston and Heard avenues, a few minutes before 9 p.m.

Jones said Chapman went into cardiac arrest shortly after paramedics arrived and that he died about 90 minutes later.

There were no known suspects and further details about the shooting or what may have prompted it were not immediately available.

Joe Kovac Jr.

The Telegraph

Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.