IVEY, Ga. — A man is charged with murder after a Tuesday night shooting in Wilkinson County.
According to a news release from the GBI, 31-year-old Christopher Tiggs was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder and felony obstruction. He is being held at the Wilkinson County Detention Center.
The murder charge is the result of a fatal shooting that happened Tuesday. It started began when the county 911 center got a call about a person shot on North Lake Shore Drive in Ivey,
Deputies got to the scene and found 28-year-old David Lawson, of Milledgeville, dead with a gunshot wound on the driver's side of a car outside the home.
The GBI says their preliminary investigation shows the two men had a confrontation that led to Tiggs fatally shooting Lawson.
The results of the GBI investigation will be turned over to the district attorney for prosecution once it’s complete.
