Dead body found in Aiken County along New Holland Road

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Authorities are investigating the death of a man who was found shot Tuesday at a boat landing in Aiken County.

The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Devon Tricoche.

According to the Aiken County Coroner’s Office, Tricoche suffered at least one gunshot wound to the body.

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Tricoche was found around 1:43 p.m. Tuesday in the water near the South Fork Edisto boat landing in the 1000 block of New Holland Road.

Authorities haven’t offered a possible motive or circumstances of the shooting.

Aiken County court records show Tricoche pleaded guilty to burglary in 2012 and was charged in April with second-degree domestic violence, a case that remained open. Otherwise, he hadn’t been convicted of crimes in Aiken County.

The investigation is still in its early stages and information is limited, deputies said.

The Aiken County Coroner’s Office is assisting with this investigation.

Tricoche will be autopsied Friday morning in Newberry.

If anyone has any information, they’re urged to the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office at 803-648-6811. Tipsters can also share information by visiting www.aikencountysheriff.net.

If the case is found to be a homicide, the shooting is part of an outbreak of violent crimes that have claimed more than 100 lives in the past year and a half across the CSRA. The crimes have affected communities large and small on both sides of the Savannah River, and authorities have blamed much of the problem on gangs.

Just in the past week, there have been at least three shooting deaths in the CSRA – in Aiken, Augusta and Sandersville.