53-year-old charged with murder in fatal Breaktime Pub and Billiards shooting

ALBANY, Ga. – Around 10:32 p.m. on Friday, officers would respond to a shooting at Breaktime Pub & Billiards on Palmyra Road.

They found 36-year-old Lorne Neil Odom in the parking lot with a gunshot wound to his back. He was taken to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital but later died from his injuries.

Police arrested 53-year-old Michael Nix, who was involved in a physical altercation with Odom after being escorted out of the pub.

Nix would reportedly pull a gun and chase Odom before firing a shot that hit him in the lower back.

Nix faces charges of felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during a crime.

He is now in the Dougherty County Jail.

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