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Michael Darnell Atkins

Case from Americus, GA dated May 24, 2023

Victim Details

Michael Darnell Atkins

Male

Black / African American

Americus

GA

2023-05-24

24

Michael

Darnell Atkins

07/11/2026

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In the late hours of a Tuesday night in Americus, Georgia, a domestic dispute escalated into a fatal exchange of gunfire, leaving two men dead. On May 24, 2023, police were called to an apartment on Country Club Drive around 10:25 p.m. following reports of a shooting. Upon their arrival, they discovered two men who had sustained gunshot wounds.

One of the men, 24-year-old Michael Darnell Atkins-Merritt, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other man, identified as 26-year-old Je'Kwan Jam ...
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  • West's Mortuary, Inc. | Mr. Michael D. Atkins
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