Phenix City police charge suspect in shooting that left two dead

Police in Phenix City said they’ve filed charges against the suspect detained in a shooting that left two people dead Thursday.

Darius Jamar King, 28, who was taken into police custody the night of the homicides, has been charged with murder, investigators announced Monday afternoon.

He is accused of shooting Dadrian Trottman, 24, and Daven D. Lindsey, 25, who were found dead at the scene of the shooting in the 900 block of Sandford Road, just west of the Dillingham Street Bridge near the city’s downtown area.

Russell County Coroner Arthur Sumbry Jr. said he pronounced the two dead at 9:25 p.m.

Anyone with more information on the double homicide is asked to call police at 334-298-0611 or 334-448-2837.

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.