Suspect charged in man’s fatal shooting outside Phenix City gas station, police say

A suspect has been charged in a fatal shooting Wednesday night outside a Phenix City gas station off U.S. Highway 80.

Briterrin Campbell, 25, of Phenix City, is charged with murder in the death of 27-year-old Anthony Thomas, Phenix City police said in a news release.

They said the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Task Force arrested Campbell around 5:30 p.m. in Columbus, and he was held in the Muscogee County Jail, awaiting extradition.

Thomas was shot multiple times outside the Marathon Service station at 100 Stagecoach Drive, where officers were called around 9:30 p.m., authorities said.

Russell County Coroner Arthur Sumbry Jr. said Thomas was pronounced dead around 2 a.m. Thursday at Piedmont Columbus Regional.

This story was originally published May 5, 2022 at 3:06 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.