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Coroner’s Office identifies pedestrian fatally struck by vehicle on Veterans Parkway
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Muscogee County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who was fatally struck by a vehicle in Columbus on Monday. Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryans tells WRBL Harvey Gibson, 62, of Smiths Station, was pronounced dead on Thursday at 4:07 p.m. — three days after he was struck on Veterans Parkway […]
Search underway for aggravated assault suspect following shooting on 5th Ave.
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus Police Department is looking for an aggravated assault suspect. Police say Marquale Brown, 37, has warrants out for his arrest on charges of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The charges stem back to […]
Beloved Georgia surgeon killed in Alabama DUI crash, police say: Man in US illegally held without bond
An Auburn man who authorities say is in the U.S. illegally has been denied bond on charges that he killed a Columbus doctor in a wrong-way crash in September. Armin Rubido Gomez Lopez, 41, is charged with reckless manslaughter - a felony - in the Sept. 7 crash on Interstate 85 in Lee County, according to Opelika police. Killed was Dr. Malcolm Goodchild, a prominent Columbus surgeon.