Man shot outside apartment Saturday in Macon dies in local hospital

A man shot outside a Pierce Avenue apartment in Macon on Saturday night was pronounced dead Sunday at a city hospital, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said.

The victim, Carlos Daniels, 45, had been shot in the head, Jones said.

Sheriff’s officials in a statement late Saturday said Daniels, whose hometown wasn’t noted, was critically wounded “in the 300 block of Pierce,” just south of Ingleside Avenue, shortly before 7:30 p.m.

“Witnesses stated that they heard a gunshot, looked outside of their apartment, and saw a male laying on the ground,” the statement said.

Further details were not immediately available.

Daniels’ death is the county’s seventh homicide of 2021.

This story was originally published February 22, 2021 at 9:52 AM.

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.