17-year-old sought in Augusta shooting that injured 1 person
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the suspect in a weekend shooting on Monte Carlo Drive.
Brandon Alexander Francis, 17, was identified as the suspect in the shooting that happened around 12:10 a.m. Sunday in the 3400 block of Monte Carlo Drive, according to deputies.
Deputies were initially sent to a convenience store at 3771 Peach Orchard Road, but they were told the 21-year-old victim was being taken to a hospital in a private vehicle.
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Instead, he was found just after 12:30 a.m. at Fifth and Broad streets and taken to a hospital from there.
Authorities released a photo of Francis and said he’s 5 feet 7 inches tall; and weighs 126 pounds.
He’s known to frequent the Hephzibah area and is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information about him is urged to call deputies at 706-821-1020 or 706-821-1080.
Fifth and Broad streets, where the victim was found, is just blocks from where a shooting unfolded around 1:15 a.m. Saturday.
In that incident, men were shooting at each other on a crowded sidewalk at 10th and Broad streets, sparking terror among witnesses and customers at nearby businesses. Deputies shot one suspect. He and his brother were later arrested.
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