UPDATE: Man dies after being shot on Pierce Avenue Saturday

UPDATE: The man shot on Pierce Avenue in Macon Saturday night has died.

According to Macon-Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones, 45-year-old Carlos Daniels died at Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center just after 1 p.m. Sunday.

Jones said Daniels’ cause of the death is a gunshot wound to the head.


ORIGINAL STORY:

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A man is in critical condition after being shot Saturday night.

That’s according to a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release, which said the shooting happened in the 300 block of Pierce Avenue just before 7:30.

Deputies say witnesses reported hearing a gunshot before looking outside their apartment and seeing a man lying on the ground.

An ambulance took the victim, 45-year-old Carlos Daniels, to Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center.

The investigation is in its early stages, according to the release.

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

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