Troy Donteau Saunders

Troy Donteau Saunders, a 39-year-old Black man, came to the end of his life in Columbus, Georgia, on January 24, 2014, after a shooting that authorities said happened at a motel and later became the city’s first homicide of the year. The public record that remains available online paints the scene in fragments, but the outline is still stark: Saunders, who was listed in his obituary as being from Bonaire, was caught in gunfire near the motel, and while another passenger reportedly escaped the ...

ledger-enquirer: UPDATE: Passenger escaped gunfire in fatal shooting near motel