EDINBURGH – Authorities have released the name of the victim in a Thanksgiving Day shooting near Edinburgh.
Police say 49-year-old Wayne E. McGeorge, Jr. died after the shooting incident on North Bluff Road Thursday according to Bartholomew County Coroner Clayton Nolting. Nolting said an autopsy was being scheduled.
Responding personnel from German Township Fire Department and Columbus Regional
Hospital EMS administered medical aid, however, Nolting was later pronounced deceased at Columbus Regional Hospital.
Police arrested 20-year-old Damion Bryant, of Edinburgh, on a charge of murder.
Sheriff Matthew A. Myers voiced concern about the multiple firearm-related incidents in the
community on Thanksgiving Day saying, “The community had three firearm-related events on Thanksgiving Day alone. Law enforcement as a whole takes gun violence very seriously and we are no different here at your sheriff’s office. We will work diligently to bring those who commit violence against members of our community to justice.”
