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By Jeremy Coumbes on March 1, 2021 at 3:52pm
Jacksonville Police were called at 5:23 Sunday morning to the 800 block of Hoagland Boulevard after a caller to the Joint Morgan County Dispatch Center reported gunshots being fired in the parking lot of the Turner High Rise Apartment Complex. According to police records, the caller stated they heard seven to eight shots fired and could hear screaming.
Jacksonville Police Investigators say while officers searched the area of the incident, 26-year-old Malcom Fitts of Chicago and formerly of Jacksonville arrived at Passavant Area Hospital by a personal vehicle.
Fitts was pronounced dead at 6:52 yesterday morning at Passavant, according to a joint statement this morning by Police Chief Adam Mefford and Morgan County Coroner Marcy Patterson.
Autopsy confirms gunshots killed man
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Jacksonville police were called just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday to the 800 block of Hoagland Boulevard after gunshots were heard. A man taken to Passavant Area Hospital with gunshot wounds later died.Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree | Journal-Courier
An autopsy performed Monday morning on a 26-year-old Chicago man confirmed he died from gunshot wounds suffered in a shooting early Sunday.
Malcolm Fitts, formerly of Jacksonville, died at 6:52 a.m. Sunday at Passavant Area Hospital.
Morgan County Coroner Marcy Patterson said an autopsy was completed Monday and, while final results will take several weeks, preliminary findings indicate gunshot wounds were the cause of death. No other information from the autopsy was being released Monday.
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By Benjamin Cox on February 28, 2021 at 8:14pm
A man has died after an apparent shooting at the Turner High Rise Apartment Complex this morning. Jacksonville Police were called at approximately 5:23 this morning to the 800 block of Hoagland Boulevard in reference to a report of gunshots being fired.
According to a press release from Jacksonville Police, officers searched the area while an unnamed 26 year old male victim was located and transported to Passavant Area Hospital by LifeStar EMS.
According to a separate release from Morgan County Coroner Marcy Patterson, the unidentified male victim was pronounced dead at Passavant at 6:52 this morning. The official cause of death is pending an autopsy and the identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin