Latest Augusta shooting leaves 1 person hospitalized

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – One person has been taken to the hospital on Friday night after a shooting at Fox Trace in Augusta, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office confirms.

The sheriff’s office says deputies responded to Fox Trace in reference to shots fired with one person down at 9:43 p.m.

Upon arrival, deputies located one male subject in the roadway who was shot at least one time, officials say.

The male subject was transported to a local hospital to be treated for his injuries, according to deputies.

A heavy police presence in the area was seen at 10:30 p.m. by a News 12 crew.

Officials say investigators are still on the scene.

This isn’t the only shooting that has happened in the crime-ridden area, including Smart Grocery Convenience Store.

Smart Grocery and its immediate surroundings have been the site of several gun incidents in recent years. Among those incidents:

• On Feb. 17, 2024, one person was sent to the hospital after a shooting at Fox Trace Apartments.
• On Feb. 6, 2024, one person was sent to the hospital after a shooting on Fox Trace.
• In December 2023, a shooting claimed the life of Jeremiah Griffin, 32, of the 300 block of Fox Trace.
• In July 2023, one person was sent to a hospital after another shooting at the store.
• In January 2023, a man was shot with his own gun in the 3200 block of Wrightsboro Road after an unknown person grabbed his pistol from his pocket and shot him with it as he tried to break up a fight.
• In September 2022, Zayquantez Jones, 17, was killed in a shooting at the store.
• In December 2021, two motorists fired gunshots at each other near the store before driving off in separate directions. One person was arrested.
• On Nov. 23, 2021, a man pointed a gun at a woman in the parking lot of the store as part of an apparent road-rage incident.
• In April 2021, a man was found in the parking lot of the store, injured after being shot at least twice.
• In March 2020, a shooting there wounded a bystander after a verbal altercation in the parking lot. Marcia Laquette Wimbley, 28, of Augusta, was taken into custody
• In November 2018, a victim was found in the parking lot of the store with at least two gunshot wounds in their mid-section.
• In May 2017, a man suffered wounds to a hand and thigh in a shooting at the store. The injuries were not life-threatening.

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