Crime

Authorities ID two killed in double Phenix City homicide

Special to the Ledger-Enquirer
Special to the Ledger-Enquirer

Phenix City investigators have identified the two men killed in a double shooting near downtown just west of the Dillingham Street bridge.

Daven Lindsey, 25, and Dadrian Trotman, 24, were pronounced dead at the scene at 9:25 p.m., said Russell County Coroner Arthur Sumbry Jr.

Police said they were called to the 900 block of Sanford Road and found two people dead, and had a suspect in custody.

Other details were not immediately available.

This story was originally published January 21, 2021 at 11:47 PM.

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Tim Chitwood
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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.
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