Kirby Murder

Some cross county cooperation leads to an arrest and a murder charge.

Some cross county cooperation leads to an arrest and a murder charge..

Sheriff eddie hawkins says donta kirby is the suspect in the death of a man found two weeks ago on burns road.

Lorenze halthon of columbus was shot to death.

A passerby discovered his body.

Kirby was stopped in webster county by the mhp.

He was captured and originally charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

The murder charge was added late yesterday.

Sheriff eddie hawkins says getting a suspect in this case was a classic example of good police work// "this was a case that we didn't have a suspect identified.

We started developing information and developed a person of interest.

Working together and sharing information between agencies and divisions with the lowndes county sheriff's department, we were able to get information and actually obtain physical evidence linking this suspect to the crime."

Sheriff hawkins says the motive behind the crime is still under investigation// investigators did say kirby and the victim were friends.

Kirby's bond was set at half a million dollars this afternoon.