UPDATED: Suspect Dead After Police-Involved Shooting In Augusta

***12:40 p.m. Update November 18***

The suspect has been identified as 30-year-old Michael Nestor. A press conference ened just before noon on Wednesday at the Richmond County Law Enforcement Center. Sheriff Ronnie Strength talked about the deadly shooting Tuesday night, involving several officers. WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud reports.

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Augusta, GA - Authorities in Richmond County are investigating a deadly shooting.

It happened after Narcotics officers shot at a suspect who was trying to get away. This took place Tuesday night on Ohio Avenue, just off Wrightsboro Road.

Officers were called out trying to serve warrants on two different people at the same time. Sheriff Ronnie Strength says one of the men they tried to serve a warrant on jumped in a car and hit reverse,  coming toward an officer. The sheriff says several shots were fired at the suspect, who was able to get 200 yards down the street before he jumped out of the car and collapsed.

He was taken to the Medical College of Georgia and later died at the hospital.