Richmond County deputies investigate new suspicious death

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Amid a crime wave that’s claimed at the very least three lives in two days, there’s a brand new suspicious dying in Augusta.

At 11:54 a.m. Tuesday, Richmond County deputies responded to an tackle within the 1500 block of Conklin Lane to analyze a report of a useless particular person.

Upon arrival, deputies discovered a useless feminine in entrance of a vacant residence.

The Richmond County Coroner’s Workplace remained on the scene as of simply after 1 p.m.

Deputies are within the early levels of the investigation and aren’t releasing additional info proper now.

Though it’s not confirmed as a murder, deputies are calling the dying suspicious.

It’s already been a lethal previous few days in Augusta because the area experiences a surge in violent crime:

• Shortly earlier than 11 p.m. Monday, Jenefer Holt Herron, 52, of Augusta, was fatally shot exterior a Circle Okay at 1739 Walton Means, reportedly after an argument within the parking zone. Yelena Buckner, 33, of Augusta, was arrested.
• At 7:23 a.m. Monday, deputies had been known as to the 1900 block of Previous Savannah Street, the place a passing motorist discovered Johnnie Coleman, 72, of Augusta, who’d been shot useless.
• JaJuan Russell, 21, of the 700 block of East Chapman Avenue, was fatally shot early Sunday within the 3700 block of Oslo Street. Russell taken to Augusta College Medical Middle. He was pronounced useless at 1:14 a.m. An post-mortem was scheduled with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
• Brandon Peebles, 24, of Girard, was shot round 10:45 p.m. Thursday within the 2300 block of Prague Courtroom, the identical neighborhood as Sunday’s taking pictures. He was pronounced useless at 11:23 p.m. Bowen mentioned the sufferer’s physique was despatched to the GBI.

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