Fort Gordon man killed in Richmond County shooting

A Fort Gordon man was killed early Saturday inside a home on the 1200 block of Derby Lane in Richmond County. (Photo/Google Maps)

Date: July 08, 2023

A Fort Gordon man has been killed in an overnight shooting inside a home in Richmond County, authorities said.

Allen White, 35, was fatally shot at a home on the 1200 block of Derby Lane near the county line between Richmond and Columbia counties. White was shot at least once and was pronounced dead about 4 a.m. Saturday, Coroner Mark Bowen said.

The residence is listed as Grovetown, but it is in the jurisdiction of the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, which has not released any information on the shooting or possible suspects.

The red marker shows the location of Saturday’s latest shooting death on Derby Lane.

Check back here for more details on this developing story.

(Note: If you have a photo or memory of Allen White to share, please text it to 803-487-3224.)

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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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