Girlfriend charged with murder in Macon man’s shooting death

Authorities have arrested a Macon woman in the early Saturday morning shooting death of Ricky Smith.

Smith, of Rutherford Avenue, was wounded at about 1 a.m. in the 1100 block of Macon Avenue, which is about a block and a half off Napier Avenue, near its juncture with Hillcrest Boulevard, said Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones.

Bibb County deputies responded to the shooting after receiving a call from Donna Jackson, 45. She told deputies she shot her boyfriend in self-defense, according to a sheriff’s office news release.

Smith, 53, was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later at Medical Center, Navicent Health.

After questioning by deputies, Jackson was arrested on a murder charge, the release states.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 877-68-CRIME.

Telegraph writer Jennifer Burk contributed to this report. Come back to macon.com for updates on this story and read Sunday’s Telegraph.

This story was originally published September 5, 2015 at 10:29 PM with the headline "Girlfriend charged with murder in Macon man’s shooting death ."