Christopher Leonard Tyson, 48, was shot and killed in Douglas, Georgia, on Monday, May 7, 2018. Coffee County deputies responded about 12:30 p.m. to a reported shooting at 118 Quincey Batten Loop, Lot 8, and found Tyson suffering from gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy was scheduled at the GBI Crime Lab in Macon.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation assisted the murder inquiry and identified a suspect, 37-year-old Freddie Lee Lampkin Jr. Lampkin was arrested and booked into the Coffee County Jail on charges that included malice murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Funeral services for Tyson were held Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Move of God Deliverance Center, and he was buried at Douglas City Cemetery.

Anyone with information about Tyson’s death is asked to contact the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office or the GBI Douglas office.