A man from Tifton, Georgia has been slapped with a slew of charges including Malice Murder after a deadly incident that left one person dead and another wounded, authorities said. Wayne Doyle, 38, now faces charges for the death of Anzley Gandy, 39, also of Tifton, and is being held at the Tift County Jail, according to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
The charges against Doyle are extensive and include Malice Murder, Felony Murder, and multiple counts of Aggravated Assault, with one of the assaults directed at law enforcement, when they were dispatched to West 21st Street following reports of a fatality and a separate gunshot wound victim who survived the ordeal but was hospitalized, the GBI detailed in their release. Alongside these charges, Doyle, a convicted felon, has also been hit with the attempts to disarm a police officer and possessing a firearm during the commission of a crime, the surrounding drama unfolded rapidly with the Tift County Sheriff’s Office quickly calling in the GBI to take the reins on the investigation.
An autopsy for Anzley Gandy is on the books to be conducted at the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office within their Central Regional Lab. Meanwhile, the investigation into the ghastly event that took place on West 21st Street carries on, with law enforcement entreating anyone holding potentially crucial information to come forward; they've set up a hotline at +1-229-777-2080 and encourage anonymous tipsters to speak up either through a dedicated phone number, online submission form, or a mobile app designed for such purposes.
While Doyle remains behind bars, awaiting his fate, the GBI underscores that their probe into the matter remains vibrant and active, their final report destined for the Tift County Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office where the intricacies will translate into prosecutorial strategy, all as the GBI asserts its dedication to rigorously unfurling the truth in a case that has violently shaken Tifton, with community members already starting to piece together the puzzle of an evening that ended in tragedy, in a place where such occurrences are rare, the quest for answers continues.
