One person dies after shooting on Acapulco Drive in Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – One person is dead after being found in a parking lot with at least one gunshot wound Saturday morning, according to officials.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the 2400 block of Acapulco Drive in reference to shots fired at 12:46 in the morning.

Deputies say when they arrived, they found a man who had been shot at least once.

He was transported to Wellstar MCG ER, according to the Richmond County Coroner’s Office.

The parking lot is in an apartment complex a couple of blocks south of the intersection of Deans Bridge Rad and Gordon Highway.

Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen says the victim was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m. in the WellStar MCG hospital emergency room.

An autopsy has been scheduled.

He’s the latest victim in a more than two-year outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed more than 170 lives across the CSRA. Communities large and small and 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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