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UPDATE | Victim identified in north Macon homicide

A man heard gunfire outside of his home and found another man with gunshot wounds in his yard.

MACON, Ga. — UPDATE: Tuesday, 5:50 a.m.

Bibb County Chief Coroner Leon Jones has identified the victim as 37-year-old Michael Lewis of Macon. 

Original Story, Monday night

Bibb County deputies are at the scene of a homicide in north Macon Monday night.

According to Bibb County Chief Coroner Leon Jones, 911 received a shots fired call around 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of Oak Hill Court and Forest Hill Road.

Jones says a homeowner walked out of his front door and saw a man with multiple gunshot wounds in his yard. He then called police.

The victim was pronounced dead just after 10:15 p.m.

Jones says this is Macon-Bibb County's first homicide of 2020.

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