On the afternoon of August 12, 2025, 28-year-old Martavis McKinnie, a Black male from Columbus, Georgia, was found unresponsive on the ground outside The Lakes Apartments in the 4300 block of Warm Springs Road. Officers had been dispatched around 2:49 p.m.; emergency crews tried to save him but could not, and he was pronounced dead at 3:31 p.m. by the Muscogee County coroner’s office. Investigators with the Violent Crimes Unit took the lead after early information indicated the shooting grew o
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