BREAKING – Suspect In Columbus Shooting Named

October 15, 2016

CPD RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A Columbus man has been arrested and charged with murder following the shooting death of 18-year-old Kwesi Kagekogel Hill Friday evening in Columbus. Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant says an autopsy will determine Hill’s exact cause of death

Arrested is 25-year-old Eric Lamar Brewer of Pandora Drive in Columbus. He was charged early this morning when Columbus Police Department investigators developed enough evidence to charge Brewer with murder. Brewer and the victim knew each other; the crime was not random.

BREWER

At approximately 8:32 p.m. Friday evening, October 14, Columbus Police responded to the 1700 block of 4th Avenue South to a report of a person was shot. When officers arrived, the 18-year-old victim had already been transported by a private vehicle to Baptist Memorial Hospital Columbus where he was pronounced dead.

Columbus Police immediately released a description of a potential suspect vehicle that was seen leaving the area of the shooting. A Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office deputy spotted the vehicle and stopped it in the area of Brooks Road. The driver was detained and a handgun was recovered from the car.

A team of officers, crime scene specialists and investigators worked throughout the evening processing the scene and developed enough evidence to charge Brewer. He is currently being held at the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center.

Early Saturday, Columbus Mayor Robert Smith praised those involved in the case. “I would like to thank and recognize the excellent work from the Columbus Police Department officers and investigators, the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, the Columbus Police Department Crime Lab and the Lowndes County 911 dispatchers. These professionals solved this case quickly and made an arrest within hours.”