1 killed, 6 injured in Macon shooting at suspected smuggling site

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First/WPGA) – Seven people were shot in Macon early Thursday morning, resulting in one fatality, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were called to the incident in the 1000 block of Triple Hill Drive around 1 a.m. They found three people with gunshot wounds and took them to Atrium Health Navicent, where 34-year-old Jawasiki Guyton died.

Officials learned three more victims were taken to the same hospital in personal vehicles, while another was taken to Piedmont Macon Medical Center. An 18-year-old man is in a “critical but stable” condition, while the other five injured are expected to recover.

Law enforcement officials said an argument broke out and someone pulled out a gun and started shooting.

The house, officials said, is known as the “shot house” or “neighborhood outlet” and is where illegal alcohol was sold.

The sheriff’s office said the first homicide of 2024 in Bibb County happened at home.

Deputies are asking anyone with information about the incident to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.