MACON, Ga. — A man is dead after a shooting at a Circle K on Pio Nono Avenue Wednesday afternoon, according to a press release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.
They say it happened at around 2:17 p.m. at the Circle K at 4314 Pio Nono Avenue.
When deputies arrived, 34-year-old Jerry Lewis Burke of Macon was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound, the sheriff's office said.
While deputies immediately provided aid to Burke, he would die from the gunshot wound, the sheriff's office said.
Deputy Coroner Luanne Stone pronounced Burke dead, and Burke's next of kin has been notified.
No one else was injured during the shooting.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting are still under investigation by the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office asks anyone with information to call either the Bibb County Sheriff's Office at 478-751-7500 or the Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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