Photos of suspect’s car released in fatal Columbus drive-by shooting

Police are asking for information about a potential drive-by shooting that left a man dead on Wednesday.

The shooting occurred just off the Buena Vista Road exit off Interstate 185.

According to a press release from the Columbus Police Department, investigators have been told that 27-year-old Robert Grear was walking down Brighton Road about 2:00 p.m. when a vehicle pulled up next to him and fired a shot. The vehicle then fled the area, the release said.

Witnesses described the suspect as a male approximately 18 to 30 years old. The man was driving a gold or beige colored older model Mercury Grand Marquis-type sedan.

Muscogee County Deputy Coroner Charles Newton pronounced Grear dead at Piedmont Columbus Regional hospital.

The homicide unit is asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact Sgt. D. Wysinger at 706-225-4469 or dwysinger@columbusga.org.

Grear is Columbus’ 10th homicide victim of 2020.