Deputies search for armed suspect in Hephzibah shooting that injured two teens

Trey Wright, 18, is wanted for aggravated assault for shootings that left two teenagers injured Monday in Hephzibah on Butler Manor Drive.

Date: October 29, 2025

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Trey Wright, who is wanted in connection with a shooting that left two teenagers hospitalized Monday night in a Hephzibah subdivision.

According to the sheriff’s office, Wright is wanted for two counts of aggravated assault in the Monday’s shooting on the 2800 block of Butler Manor Drive. Deputies said he is considered armed and dangerous and is known to frequent the Knollcrest Road area of Hephzibah.

Investigators said deputies were called to Butler Manor Drive around 8:22 p.m. Monday for reports of gunfire and found two victims — an 18-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and a 16-year-old male who had been shot once. Both were taken to Wellstar Hospital in serious condition.

Anyone with information on Wright’s whereabouts is asked to contact Investigator Terence Miller or any Violent Crimes Investigator at (706) 821-1453, (706) 821-1020, or (706) 821-1080.

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Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. He also owns AugustaCrime.com. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel. He is married with two daughters.

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