Columbus man dies after shooting at Phenix City hotel, Russell County coroner says
An early-morning shooting Monday at a hotel in Phenix City has left a Columbus man dead, according to Russell County Coroner Arthur Sumbry Jr.
Sumbry said Harvey Lee Walker Jr., 36, from Columbus, was pronounced dead at the scene of Colonial Inn Hotel, on the U.S. 280 Bypass in Phenix City, around 2 a.m. from a single gunshot wound.
Sumbry said the Phenix City Police Department is investigating the incident. The Ledger-Enquirer didn’t reach a PCPD official before publication.
The victim’s body will be sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science in Montgomery for an autopsy, according to Sumbry.
Kelby Hutchison
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer