Crime

Man found shot dead early Tuesday behind west Macon shopping center, teen wounded

A 23-year-old man was shot to death early Tuesday on Macon’s west side near Oglesby Square shopping center, which overlooks Eisenhower Parkway a block from the Macon State Farmers Market.

The victim, Dominique Walker, was found after Bibb County sheriff’s deputies answered a call about a shooting near the intersection of Bethlea Avenue and Whitfield Street behind the shopping center at 12:47 a.m., Coroner Leon Jones said.

Walker died at the scene. Another victim, an 18-year-old man, was wounded and taken to a city hospital with what sheriff’s officials described as “non-life-threatening” injuries.

Further details 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.
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