Investigators seek information on June homicide in Augusta

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July 9, 2024

Investigators seek information on June homicide in Augusta

Remembering the victims: Who’s been killed in CSRA slaying outbreak

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is requesting witnesses or anyone with information to come forward regarding a June homicide.

Elias Jkhael Delk, 28, was murdered on June 15 at Dollar General, 1710 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, according to the sheriff’s office.

Coroner Mark Bowen says Delk appeared to have died from multiple blunt-force trauma.

Deputies responded to the 1700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. around 4:45 a.m. to investigate a suspicious situation.

Bowen says he was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:45 a.m.

A man was found dead in this Augusta Dollar General parking lot.(WRDW/WAGT)

Anyone with information, contact Sean Morrow or any violent crimes investigator with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office at 706-432-5281 or 706-821-1080.

Crime across the region

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.

The death is among the latest in an outbreak of deadly violence that’s claimed more than 150 lives across the CSRA in a little over two years.

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One dead following a shooting in Richmond County

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March 28, 2026

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One dead following a shooting in Richmond County

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Richmond County Coroner’s Office said a person has died after a shooting on Division Street Saturday afternoon.

Officials say the shooting happened at the 2100 block around 4 p.m.

The victim was shot at least one time and taken to Wellstar MCG, where he later died, the coroner’s office says.

The sheriff’s office also went to Division Street at approximately 4 p.m. in reference to the incident, deputies say.

An autopsy has been scheduled.

No further information is available at this time.

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March 28, 2026

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Augusta’s Turpin neighborhood to get affordable homes with $1.85M federal grant

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March 27, 2026

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Augusta’s Turpin neighborhood to get affordable homes with .85M federal grant

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The historic Turpin neighborhood will soon welcome more affordable homes after Augusta Habitat for Humanity was awarded $1.85 million in federal funding this week.

The grant will fund the construction of at least 12 homes in the area.

“Habitat for Humanity applied for federal funding, and they were awarded the funding,” said District 2 Commissioner Stacy Pulliam.

Reviving a historic community

The Turpin neighborhood was once home to professionals, including educators, doctors, and lawyers.

“These big professionals that lived mostly over this way,” one resident said of the neighborhood’s history.

Pulliam described the area’s former prominence as “its grand days of glory, when it was the place.”

The project brings together city organizers and community partners through the Georgia Initiative for Community Housing, or GICH.

“We have so many partners. We have the Housing Authority on board. We have a representative from the Hub on board,” Pulliam said. “There’s so many great partners at the table that’s helping pull all of this together.”

Federal support and future plans

The project received backing from Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

Habitat for Humanity, with support from GICH, focused its application on Turpin Hill intentionally, as officials say the community had been needing to be addressed for years.

With Habitat for Humanity continuing to advocate for more funds, Pulliam said their motivation could lead to additional housing development in the future.

“We keep going and going and going,” she said. “Now we can do 20. Now we can do multifamily. So it’s fueling our fire to get more housing, but not just housing, to clean up the area.”

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