Shooting at Eagle Trace Apartments in Columbus leaves Two people dead and one injured

Two persons were killed and another was injured in a shooting that took place at Eagle Trace Apartments in the south-side neighborhood of Columbus late on Wednesday night.

At approximately 11:30 o’clock on the evening of August 31st, emergency crews from the fire department, emergency medical services, and the police arrived at the Eagle Trace Apartments located at 2001 Torch Hill Road, where they discovered three men suffering from gunshot wounds.

One of the victims was pronounced dead at the site, while emergency medical professionals were able to transport two of the wounded to the emergency department at Piedmont Columbus Regional.

Buddy Bryan, the coroner for Muscogee County, stated that a death was subsequently determined to have occurred with one of the individuals who had been transferred to Piedmont hospital. The injuries sustained by the second victim, who was also taken to the hospital, were not considered to be life-threatening.

The deceased victims have been named as Anton Hamilton, who was 18 years old, and Myshaun Smith, who was 17 years old. On September 1st, at 12:03 AM, a pronouncement of death was made with regard to Smith, and at 12:46 AM, a pronouncement of death was made with regard to Hamilton.

According to the findings of the investigation conducted by the Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan, neither Hamilton nor Smith had any identification on them at the time of the shooting. Because the death was the result of a homicide by gunshot, Hamilton and Smith are going to have an autopsy performed. This marks the 142nd, 143rd, and 144th shooting victims of the year, as well as the 28th and 29th killings that have occurred thus far this year.