UPDATE: The victim in Friday night’s shooting on Abelia Drive has been identified as Deangelo Burns, 17.
District Attorney Natalie Paine says the shooting happened on Abelia Drive. Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen confirms the victim was driven to the Circle K on Peach Orchard Road where he died.
Investigators say Burns was shot at least once and pronounced dead at 9:50 P.M.
He will be autopsied at the GBI lab in Atlanta.
Stay tuned to NewsChannel 6 for more information on this developing investigation.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Richmond County deputies are on the scene of a shooting at Circle K on the 2800 block of Peach Orchard Rd.
Coroner Mark Bowen is on the scene, he tells NewsChannel 6 one person is dead. There is no word yet on the identity of the victim.
Stay tuned to NewsChannel 6 for more information on this developing investigation.
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