Crime

Muscogee County coroner: Columbus teen killed in shotgun accident

Muscogee County officials said a 19-year-old Columbus man is dead after an accident with a shotgun Sunday morning.

Morgan Dewayne Forsythe was pronounced dead at 4:45 a.m., Muscogee County Deputy Coroner Trev Fuller said.

Forsythe was at a residence on Warm Springs Road, Fuller said. No further details are available at this time.

Fuller said the body will be sent to Atlanta for an autopsy.

Larry Gierer: 706-571-8581, @lagierer

This story was originally published June 11, 2017 at 5:07 PM with the headline "Muscogee County coroner: Columbus teen killed in shotgun accident."

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