An 18-year-old Columbus man has died after being shot during an overnight gathering in Lee County, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
The shooting happened at approximately 1:21 a.m. CDT on Saturday, July 11, 2026, in the 800 block of Lee Road 197 in unincorporated Lee County.
According to investigators, Lee County 911 received reports of a shooting, prompting deputies, firefighters, and EMS to respond to the scene. When first responders arrived, they found 18-year-old Anthony Onochie of Columbus, Georgia, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
Onochie was transported to the trauma center at Piedmont Midtown, where he later died from his injuries. Lee County Coroner Daniel Sexton pronounced him dead at 11:33 a.m. CDT.
His body will be transported by the Lee County Coroner’s Office to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Montgomery for a postmortem examination…