Body found in yard: Columbus police investigate as homicide
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Columbus police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead outside a home Thursday morning.
The victim was found on the front lawn of a home on 21st Street North Street before 8 a.m.
Lowndes County coroner Greg Merchant had identified the victim as 49-year-old Jerome Taylor.
Columbus Police Chief Joseph Daughtry said investigators believed Taylor was shot Wednesday evening.
Daughtry said people who live in the area reported hearing gunshots around 7 p.m. Wednesday night, but no one called the police.
Taylor did not live at the house but reportedly lived nearby.
No arrests had been made.
If you have information on the incident, please call Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers at (800)530-7151 or use the anonymous P3 app.
