One Dead In Augusta Shooting
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded shortly before midnight, Friday night, to 124 Fox Trace Drive (Fox Trace Apartments) in reference to a shooting that had just occurred. Upon officers’ arrival, they located the victim, a Hispanic male, inside the residence with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. The victim was pronounced deceased by Richmond County Chief Deputy Coroner Mark Bowen, a few minutes after midnight, on Saturday July 4th.
Augusta, GA—One person is dead after a Friday night shooting, in Augusta.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded shortly before midnight, Friday night, to 124 Fox Trace Drive (Fox Trace Apartments) in reference to a shooting that had just occurred. Upon officers’ arrival, they located the victim, a Hispanic male, inside the residence with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. The victim was pronounced deceased by Richmond County Chief Deputy Coroner Mark Bowen, a few minutes after midnight, on Saturday July 4th.
The victim is identified as Miguel Ramirez Hernandez, 30, of the 100 block of Fox Trace Drive. Hernandez was sent to the GBI–Augusta Lab where an autopsy was performed.
The autopsy showed Hernandez received a gunshot wound to the chest and died from the injury.
count on WJBF News Channel 6 for more information on this shooting when it becomes available.
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