COLUMBUS, Ga (WRBL) – Columbus police are investigating a Friday night shooting death of a Columbus man.
Muscogee County Deputy Coroner Charles Newton confirms 30-year-old Lukas Brendon Boykin died of what appears to be a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead shortly after midnight on Saturday, Sept. 5.
Police say the incident occurred on Friday, Sept. 4, around 11:15 p.m.
Officers responded to a call for service in the 4800 block of Toney Drive where a young man was said to have been shot.
When officers arrived they discovered Boykin dead from what appeared to be a gunshot wound.
The Columbus Police Department’s Homicide Unit responded and assumed the investigation.
Anyone with knowledge of the shooting is asked to contact Corporal Roy Green at (706) 225-4261 or at his email address of roygreen@columbusga.org.
