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He knocked on the wrong door : Property manager explains talk he had with victim before south Macon motel shooting
Wayne says the victim offered to help the motel collect rent from people who haven t paid so he could earn money for a night s stay. Author: Ashlyn Webb (WMAZ) Updated: 11:58 PM EDT May 5, 2021
MACON, Ga. A man is now behind bars after a fight turned deadly at a south Macon motel.
Bibb County Sheriff s Office says they arrested and charged 34-year-old Willie Lee Daniel III Wednesday evening.
Investigators collected evidence from the crime scene in the afternoon and into the evening. The scene stretched from a room at the Magnolia Court Motel to the Valero Gas Station next door.
UPDATE: Afternoon shooting leaves man dead, suspect in custody
UPDATE (9:30 p.m.) – A man shot during an argument at a Macon motel Wednesday afternoon has died, and deputies say another man is in custody and charged with his murder.
A sheriff’s office news release says the shooting happened at Magnolia Court Motel, located in the 4700 block of Pio Nono Avenue. The incident was called in to the Macon-Bibb 911 Center at 3:15.
Witnesses told deputies two men got into an altercation at the motel, and one of them pulled out a handgun and shot the other.
After the shooting, the suspect, identified as 34-year-old Willie Lee Daniel III, fled the scene and crossed Pio Nono Avenue. Deputies eventually spotted and apprehended him, recovering a handgun in the process.