70-year-old man shot in his East Macon home dies from injuries, coroner says
A Macon man shot late Monday night died in a local hospital, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.
70-year-old Peter F. Taylor Jr. was in his home in the 2800 block of Century Place in East Macon when he was shot around 11:$5 p.m. He was transported to a local hospital and later died from his injuries, according to county coroner Leon Jones.
The sheriff’s office is investigating the shooting.
The killing is the 54th in Bibb County this year, a modern-day record. Of those, 43 are considered murders by the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. Six have been categorized as justifiable homicides, which often means someone was killed in self-defense; three as involuntary homicide and two are undetermined.
An inmate of Central State Prison was stabbed to death by another inmate in July, but because the prison is outside of the county sheriff’s jurisdiction, the BCSO does not include it in their list of murders. Because the killing happened within the county, the Telegraph included it in our list of 2021 murders, bringing the total to 43 murders.
Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to contact the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at (478)751-7500 or call the Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.