Name released for 20-year-old shot dead in Aiken County
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - One person has died after a home shooting on Monday morning in Aiken County, according to authorities.
The victim, identified as 20-year-old Jatavious K. Harris, was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy is scheduled Tuesday in Newberry.
Capt. Eric Abdullah with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office says at 1:06 a.m. dispatchers received a report of gunshots at a home in the 800 block of Ninety-Six Indian Trail.
Upon arrival, Aiken County emergency medical crews found one man who’d been shot. He could bot be revived and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Abdullah says early indications are that the gunfire came from the roadway.
The Aiken County Coroner’s Office is assisting the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office in the investigation, authorities say.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office at 803-648-6811.
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