Teenage girl killed in Columbus shooting at Bull Creek Apartments
A 17-year-old Columbus girl was killed late Monday in a shooting at Bull Creek Apartments.
Destiny Nelson was pronounced dead of multiple gunshot wounds at Midtown Medical Center at 11:53 p.m., said Muscogee County Deputy Coroner Charles Newton. Her body will be sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab in Atlanta for an autopsy.
Columbus Police Lt. Greg Touchberry said patrol officers were called to a shooting at the apartment complex at 11 B Creek Way around 10:40 p.m. Monday. When they arrived on the scene near Woodruff Farm Road, they found Nelson suffering from a gunshot wound.
The homicide and ID units responded to the scene to assume the investigation.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to call Cpl. Alan Malone of the Homicide Unit at 706-225-4293 or amalone@columbusga.org.
Nelson’s death marks the second homicide in Columbus this year. It comes nearly two weeks after Dominique Devonte Horton was shot killed Jan. 5 on 32nd Avenue. Officials said a large group of people met on 32nd Avenue to watch two female juveniles fight, and the incident escalated when a man pulled out a gun and fired into the group.
Sarah Robinson: 706-571-8622, @sarahR_92
This story was originally published January 17, 2017 at 4:53 AM with the headline "Teenage girl killed in Columbus shooting at Bull Creek Apartments."