Crime

Teen killed in Columbus shooting, authorities say

Columbus Police Department crime scene tape.
Columbus Police Department crime scene tape. Tim Chitwood tchitwood@ledger-enquirer.com

A 17-year-old has died after a weekend shooting in Columbus, authorities said Sunday.

According to the Muscogee County Coroner’s office, the shooting happened Sunday afternoon at a Shell service station at Amber Drive and Buena Vista Road.

Deputy Coroner Elizabeth Allison pronounced Rutravious Loftin dead at the scene at 4 p.m., authorities said.

Columbus police had released no details on the shooting as of Sunday evening.

This story was originally published June 5, 2022 at 5:59 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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