Columbus police ID man killed Monday in shooting at Cusseta Road store

Columbus authorities have identified the man killed Monday in a shooting at a Cusseta Road store.

Khuzaima Mitchell, 21, was shot dead around noon at the entrance to the B&J Food Store, police said.

Officers called at 12:03 p.m. to a reported disturbance and shooting at the business found Mitchell dead in the doorway, authorities said. Another man possibly involved in the shooting left the scene on foot, they said.

Mitchell was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound at 12:40 p.m., Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan said.

Police ask that anyone with information on the case call detectives at 706-653-3400.

The fatal shooting marked Columbus’ 40th homicide for 2019.

This story was originally published December 23, 2019 at 1:42 PM.

Tim Chitwood

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

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Tim Chitwood is from Seale, Alabama, and started as a police beat reporter with the Ledger-Enquirer in 1982. He since has covered Columbus’ serial killings and other homicides, following some from the scene of the crime to trial verdicts and ensuing appeals. He also has been a Ledger-Enquirer humor columnist since 1987. He’s a graduate of Auburn University, and started out working for the weekly Phenix Citizen in Phenix City, Ala.