Crime

Man charged in fatal shooting at Wilson Homes

Police have arrested and charged a man in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old K’Darious Bartlett over Labor Day weekend at Wilson Homes.

Devarey Smith, 26, has been charged with murder and will appear in Recorder’s Court at 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to a release from the Columbus Police Department.

Police responded to Wilson Homes on 8th Avenue at 5:25 p.m. September 1 to a report of someone being shot, the release said. Officers found Bartlett dead inside an apartment. He was pronounced dead at 6 p.m., according to Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan.

This story was originally published September 3, 2019 at 10:34 AM.

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