21-year-old man dies after shooting on Pio Nono Avenue in Macon

Coroner Leon Jones said the man was shot in a car and pronounced dead at Atrium Health Navicent. The shooting remains under investigation.

UPDATE: Coroner Leon Jones identified the man who died Sunday after being shot on Pio Nono Avenue as Jeremiah Quantez McCrary.

ORIGINAL STORY:

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A 21-year-old man died after a shooting on Pio Nono Avenue Sunday afternoon, according to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies responded to the 2300 block of Pio Nono Avenue after a call to the Macon-Bibb E-911 Center just before 3 p.m. They provided aid until firefighters and paramedics arrived.

Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said the man was shot in a car.

Jones said the man was pronounced dead in the Atrium Health Navicent emergency room at 3:16 p.m.

Jones said the man’s family had not yet been notified when he provided the information to 41NBC.

The shooting remains under investigation.

If you have information, call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.