COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - Police say a Columbus man has died after someone hit him in the head at a Labor Day barbecue.
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports (http://bit.ly/2cAEw8W ) 47-year-old Joseph Davis died Tuesday after he was airlifted to an Atlanta hospital for hemorrhaging inside his skull.
Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan said Davis was at a Labor Day gathering when someone struck him in the head as Davis was leaning against a pickup truck.
Witnesses identified the person who attacked Davis and police issued a warrant for assault. Those charges Bryan says those charges will likely be upgraded now that Davis has died.
Columbus police Maj. Gil Slouchick says investigators have identified a person of interest. He says police are awaiting results of an autopsy to tell them exactly how Davis died.
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Information from: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, http://ledger-enquirer.com
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