In the late afternoon of Thursday, May 7, 2026, the quiet of a residential neighborhood in East Columbus, Georgia, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. When police responded to reports of a shooting on Merrywood Drive at approximately 5:20 p.m., they discovered 30-year-old Dean Lewis Hill, a Black male, suffering from a gunshot wound. Emergency services transported Hill to Piedmont Hospital, but his injuries proved to be fatal, and he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. The Muscogee Co
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