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James Christopher Smith

Case from Macon, GA dated Nov 19, 2021

Victim Details

James Christopher Smith

Male

Black / African American

Macon

GA

2021-11-19

44

James

Christopher Smith

06/27/2026

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In the fading daylight of a November evening in Macon, Georgia, a burst of gunfire shattered the calm, leaving a man mortally wounded and a community searching for answers. The life of James Christopher Smith, a 44-year-old Black male, was cut short on November 19, 2021, in an act of violence that remains unresolved.

That Friday evening, just after 7 p.m., deputies from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the 1200 block of Rice Place following a report of a person shot ins ...
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  • WGXA: Two separate homicides reported in Macon in one night, 44-year-old and 18-year-old killed
  • James Christopher Smith, age 44 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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