MACON, Ga. — (UPDATE 2 a.m.): The sheriff’s office says they’ve charged 60-year-old Christopher Leon Woods with murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He is being held without bond.
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The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a fatal shooting in Lizella Friday night.
According to a news release, it happened after 8:30 p.m. at a home in the 7500-block of Bethel Church Road.
It was reported to deputies that a 69-year-old man was fatally shot during an 'altercation' with another man.
Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones pronounced the man, later identified as Freddie Lee Battle, dead at the scene.
The sheriff's office says they do have a person of interest in custody at this time, and they are working to learn more about what led up to the shooting.
Anyone with information can call the sheriff's office at 478-751-7500.
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