Update: Naked man attacks woman cutting grass in Lizella

Sgt. Clay Williams says a man was shot at a home on Trophy Place Thursday afternoon.

UPDATE (9:10 P.M.): The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death in Lizella on Thursday.

The sheriff’s office says deputies responded to a man assaulting a woman at a home in the 3700 block of Trophy Place just before 5 p.m. Before deputies arrived on scene, the suspect was shot by the victim’s husband.

When deputies arrived, they found 25-year-old Tyler Wade McElhenny, of Lizella, in the front yard of the home, naked with gunshot wounds to the chest.

It was reported the 67-year-old woman was cutting her grass when McElhenny tackled her off the lawnmower.

The husband of the woman tried to pull McElhenny off his wife but was also attacked. The suspect then began attacking the female again, and that’s when the husband got his gun and shot McElhenny.

The female victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition. The victim’s husband had minor injuries and was treated on scene.

McElhenny was taken to the Atrium Health Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, deputies are investigating a shooting in Lizella.

Sgt. Clay Williams says a man was shot on Trophy Place Thursday afternoon.

That is all the information we have at this time.

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