Coroner identifies Robert Haygood, 62, in Columbus shooting

Robert Haygood, 62, was identified as the man killed in a Columbus shooting, according to local reports citing Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan. WTVM and Now Georgia reported the identification. The shooting occurred Oct. 23 near 23rd Street and 2nd Avenue; WTVM said police confirmed a death investigation in the 2200 block of 2nd Avenue.

Bryan told WTVM that Haygood was shot multiple times on a vacant lot and pronounced dead at the scene at 4:44 p.m. His family had been notified, the report said.

WTVM and CNAW 2 reported that Haygood’s body was to be sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. The autopsy was reported as a planned step, and no autopsy result was reported. In its Oct. 24 update, CNAW 2 said Columbus police’s Violent Crimes Unit was leading the investigation.