A fatal shooting in West Macon on the morning of January 8, 2026, killed 33-year-old Kianna Quandrica Lashae Slater of McDonough. Slater was a passenger in a vehicle at the intersection of Churchill Street and Brentwood Avenue when she was struck by gunfire. The driver transported her to a Marathon gas station on Napier Avenue, where Bibb County deputies arrived just after 10:00 a.m. and found her unresponsive. She was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation and identified a suspect the same day. Authorities arrested 41-year-old Bobby Troutman and charged him with murder; he is being held in the Bibb County Jail without bond. The sheriff’s office said the shooting was not domestic-related, and investigators are still working to determine motive and the full circumstances.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything around Churchill and Brentwood that morning?