Man dies after being shot on Lawton Road in Macon

A Macon man was fatally shot early Tuesday morning in the 3500 block of Lawton Road.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)  – A Macon man was fatally shot early Tuesday morning in the 3500 block of Lawton Road.

28-year-old Christopher Dewayne Curry Jr. was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the middle of the road at approximately 1:42 a.m. Deputies had responded to a report of shots fired and a person down on the street. Curry was found and later pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley.

“The circumstances surrounding this incident are currently under investigation,” the sheriff’s office stated in a news release.

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