Crime

Phenix City police ask public to help ID man after two killed on Riverwalk

Phenix City Police Department

Phenix City police were asking the public to help identify a man Saturday after two people fatally were shot on the Riverwalk behind Riverview Apartments.

Police responding to reports of multiple gunshots around 2 p.m. found two men’s bodies near the 600 block of Riverview Apartments, according to a news release.

Authorities had not yet disclosed the victims’ identities Saturday night.

Police described the man photographed as a “person of interest” in the shooting, and asked anyone with information to call an investigator at 334-448-2839 or the police department at 334-298-0611 or 334-448-2840

This story was originally published December 3, 2022 at 10:42 PM.

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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.
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