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Husband found dead alongside wife, child after being shot in driveway on Thoroughbred Lane in Macon identified

A man is dead, and a woman and a child are hospitalized after they were found shot in the 300 block of Thoroughbred Lane in Sub South Macon Friday night.

MACON, Ga. — Bibb deputies are investigating after a man died and a woman and a child were hospitalized after they were found shot in the 300 block of Thoroughbred Lane Friday night. 

According to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, the call came in just after 11 p.m. about a person shot in the area. When they made it to the scene, deputies found a 52-year-old man, his wife, and their child in the driveway, all having been shot.

The victims were taken to Atrium Health Navicent, the Medical Center, where the man later died. He was pronounced dead by Deputy Coroner Luann Stone. The wife and child are listed in stable condition. 

The man has now been identified as 52-year-old Pinal Kumar Patel, according to Bibb County coroner Leon Jones.

The wife has now been identified as Rupalben Patel by the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.

This case is still under investigation.

If you have any information, you can call the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at 478-751 -7500 or the Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.

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