Deputies investigate suspicious death of 59-year-old on Lumpkin Road
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death after finding a male body on Lumpkin Road on Thursday morning.
The Richmond County Coroner’s Office say the body of 59-year-old Michael Whitfield, of Augusta, was found at Elliot Park.
The Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen confirmed they responded to Elliott Park on the 2000 block of Lumpkin Road about a homicide on Thursday morning.
1 dead after a shooting on Helsinki Drive in Augusta
One man is dead after a Richmond County shooting on Wednesday evening, according to officials.
Whitfield was pronounced dead on the scene at 8:10 a.m. An autopsy has been scheduled, according to Bowen.
Authorities say on Thursday at 7:15 a.m., the sheriff’s office responded to the 2000 block of Lumpkin Road about an unresponsive person lying on the ground. Upon arrival, deputies said they observed a deceased male subject had sustained blunt force trauma and they are investigating it as a homicide.
Investigators were on the scene as of 9 a.m. and there is no additional information available at this time.
On Wednesday, 15-year-old Devayn Grissam was killed after a shooting on Helsinki Drive in Augusta.
The shootings come amid an outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed more than 170 lives in a little over two years across the CSRA.
The crime outbreak has affected communities large and small, but as the biggest city in the region, Augusta has been hit especially hard.
Authorities have blamed much of the problem on gangs.
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