24-year-old man dead after hit and run in east Macon, sheriff's office says

MACON, Ga. — A man is dead after a hit and run in east Macon on Sunday, according to a Bibb County Sheriff's Office press release.

The release said Jaxon Bilbrey, 24, was found dead on Emery Highway near Lexington street around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday.

The release added when Bibb County deputies arrived at the scene, Bilbrey was found hit and killed by an unknown vehicle. The Bibb County coroners office contacted next of kin.

Bilbrey was transported to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's crime lab for an autopsy.

Anyone with more information can call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500, or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.

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