New details in shooting at Diamond Lakes Park in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - We have new details in the case of a shooting at Diamond Lakes Park that happened Monday afternoon.
We received two newly released incident reports on Wednesday — here’s what we found. The reports were made within hours of each other.
According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the scene at 2:21 p.m.
The report says a 24-year-old witness told deputies while she was exercising, she heard what sounded like four gunshots. As she looked in the direction of the shots, she saw a crowd of males running with firearms in their hands and one man on the ground.
The report says a 17-year-old male was shot in the right leg. Before deputies could arrive, the report states an off-duty sergeant was helping EMS with the victim.
The sergeant says while he didn’t see the shooting happen, he did see cars leave the scene at a high speed.
The second call came in around 7:50 p.m. A mother reported her daughter not only saw the 17-year-old get shot, she went to school with him.
The mother says the daughter told her over the phone that the alleged shooters demanded she go to Atlanta with them since she witnessed the incident, the report states.
According to the report, the daughter is scared and wants to leave Augusta so that she can be safe.
In other news
- Two people were found slain Monday in a burning house in Grovetown.
- A 19-year-old died Tuesday after a shooting near the Dogwood Terrace apartments in Augusta.
- Shots were fired Tuesday morning near an Augusta school bus stop, though no one was injured.
The incidents are part of an outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed more than 150 lives in two years across the CSRA. Communities large and small have been affected on both sides of the Savannah River.
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