Crime

Phenix City police seek tips in fatal 3 a.m. shooting

Crime scene tape hangs at an incident.
Crime scene tape hangs at an incident. Joe Paull Ledger-Enquirer File Photo

Homicide detectives in Phenix City are asking the public’s help as they investigate the shooting of a 31-year-old man early Friday.

Officers called around 3 a.m. found Sicorey Baker mortally wounded at 101 10th Ave. South, authorities said. A police patrol log listed that address as the L.P. Stough Apartments.

Baker died at the scene, police said.

Capt. Darrell “Skip” Lassiter Jr. of the Phenix City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division has asked that anyone with information on Baker’s shooting call Investigator Roderick Johnson at 334-448-2839 or Lt. Angela Leslie at 334-448-2837.

This story was originally published June 10, 2022 at 1:07 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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