COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - According to the Muscogee County Coroner's office, that man was 33- year-old La Costa Williams.
"That's my dog, man. I love him to death, " said the victim's friend Edward Powell.
"You not only tried to take something from a friend or brother of mine, you just also took his life from his kids, " Powell said.
This is still an ongoing investigation and no arrests have been made at this time.
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