GBI: Man shot to death in Lakeland

Published 3:45 pm Wednesday, June 5, 2024

LAKELAND — Authorities are investigating a weekend shooting death in Lakeland.

The Lakeland Police Department asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to probe the death of Timothy Hunt, 27, of Naylor, a GBI statement said.

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Sunday, Hunt was shot and killed at a home on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Lakeland.

No arrests have been made yet, the GBI said.

Those with information about this case should contact the Lakeland Police Department at (229) 482-3309 or the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Douglas at (912) 389-4103. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

Once the investigation is complete, the case file will be given to the Alapaha District Attorney’s Office for review and potential prosecution.