GBI identifies victim in Monday night shooting
Published 9:04 pm Wednesday, May 10, 2017
MOULTRIE, Ga. — A 25-year-old Moultrie man who was gunned down Monday night in Southwest Moultrie has been identified by police, who are still investigating the slaying.
Shvensky “Tadpole” Collins was fatally shot in an assault that occurred near the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street Southwest, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Moultrie police requested that agency to assist with the investigation shortly after Collins was shot at about midnight.
He was pronounced dead at Colquitt Regional Medical Center at 12:42 a.m. Tuesday, Colquitt County Coroner Verlyn Brock told The Observer.
Other than confirming Collins’ identity, the GBI did not release any additional information on Wednesday.
The Monday night fatality was the second fatal shooting in Moultrie and Colquitt County this year.
Dewayne Williams Jr., 28, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Feb. 5 at a Moultrie nightclub.
Williams reportedly had a confrontation with another man outside of the 50 Yard Line, 300 Second St. N.E., and was shot multiple times.
There have been no arrests made in that shooting, and the GBI said at the time that its initial investigation indicated that it may have been a case of self-defense. The District Attorney’s Office is still reviewing that case.