Suspect convicted in Augusta deadly shooting at convenience store

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – An Augusta man was convicted Friday of a deadly capturing at a comfort retailer, District Lawyer Jared Williams introduced.

Donald Gross had been indicted in reference to final 12 months’s capturing loss of life of Samuel DeWayne Jackson, 48, of Augusta.

The capturing occurred on a Sunday on the Circle Okay at 2574 Tobacco Street.

After 5 days of trial, Gross was discovered responsible and sentenced to life in jail with out parole on a cost of malice homicide, plus 5 years for possession of a firearm in the course of the fee of a criminal offense.

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The capturing occurred after Gross went to a gasoline station on Tobacco Street to get signatures for a recall petition, based on Williams.

Jackson rebuffed him, and there was an argument.

“Gross escalated issues by retrieving a 12-gauge shotgun and executing Mr. Jackson, regardless of the sufferer presenting no weapon,” Williams mentioned. “This was in broad daylight in a crowded gasoline station car parking zone. The shot trajectory suggests the sufferer was turning away from the defendant.”

Jackson died at a hospital after the capturing.

Self-defense instances are extraordinarily tough to show, Williams mentioned.

“Gross started constructing his self-defense claims earlier than the homicide occurred. He known as 911 stating the sufferer was threatening to kill him, regardless of no threats being made,” Williams mentioned. “The jury finally disregarded this false declare in favor of proof proving Gross was the first aggressor.”

Addressing the necessity to finish gun violence, Assistant District Lawyer Kevin Davis informed the jury: “You get to vote and determine what sort of group you need to dwell in. What you allow in our group is finally what you promote.”

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