2 charged with slaying of 19-year-old at Family Dollar in Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Two people have been arrested in connection to a shooting that killed a 19-year-old man on Wednesday.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says Kyadiar Oliver, 19, of Augusta, and Madison Lewis Jr., 21, of Augusta, were both charged with the murder of Damien Patrick.

The sheriff’s office says both suspects were transported to the criminal investigation division and interviewed in connection to the shooting.

The coroner’s office says Patrick was shot at least one time and transported to Piedmont Augusta Hospital.

Patrick was transported to the hospital by a private vehicle, and pronounced dead at 4:27 p.m., according to the coroner’s office.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened at the Family Dollar, located on 825 Laney Walker Boulevard, around 3:40 p.m.

As of 4:18 p.m., the Criminal Investigation Division was on the scene.

An autopsy has been scheduled for Patrick.

A News 12 crew on scene says there were about five marked Richmond County Sheriff’s Office cars and six unmarked cars.

The crew says caution tape was up around 4:47 p.m.

The year is off to a deadly start for the CSRA, now with six murders or suspicious deaths in Augusta, two homicides in Aiken, one in Waynesboro, one in Sparta and one in Monetta.

The slayings are among the latest in a more than two-year outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed about 200 lives across the CSRA.

Communities 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.

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