1 person shot during Riverwatch road-rage incident

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – One person is in the hospital after being shot during a road-rage incident, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office

On Friday around 10:55 a.m., deputies say they responded to the intersection of River Watch Parkway and Claussen Road in reference to a shooting.

Once on the scene, deputies found one victim who had been shot at least one time in the chest.

According to officials, the shooting occurred over a road-rage incident.

The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment, according to officials.

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The incident comes as the CSRA grapples with a rash of fatal shootings and other deadly crimes in the past two weeks:

• On Thursday in Wilkes County, three people were killed and one person was injured at a home on Mallorysville Road outside Tignall. One person has been taken into custody.
• On Tuesday in Augusta, 73-year-old James West was gunned down and left dead in the 1500 block of Picquet Avenue. Harold Leverett Jr., 27, was arrested, authorities said Thursday.
• On Sunday, 43-year-old Greg Baughman was shot to death in the 1000 block of Prides Crossing in Aiken County. His separated wife was arrested.
• Last Friday night, 20-year-old Ruben Johnson died after a shooting in the 1000 block on Amli Way in Augusta. Earnest Parkman, 68, was arrested.
• And last Wednesday, a shooting left William Horne, 49, and Carol Horne, 52, dead in the 3000 block of Mystic Lane in Augusta. William Horne’s brother, Tony Brooks Horne, 46, was arrested on the scene.
• Another shooting the week before left multiple people dead in Augusta. It happened Nov. 21 in the 2100 blocks of B and C streets, claiming the lives of Jeremy Dontavious McGahee, 34, and Zyquan Jamarcus Franklin, 32, both of Augusta.

All of this is part of a two-year outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed more than 180 lives across the CSRA.

Cities large and small have been affected on both sides of the Savannah River, but as the largest city in the region, Augusta has been hit especially hard.

Authorities have blamed much of the problem on gangs.

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