The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has linked Larry Bernard McKie Jr., who was arrested on a murder warrant in the shooting death of Nathanial Johnson, 14, of Graniteville, S.C. Aug. 14, to two additional shootings in Georgia.
A GBI Facebook post Saturday stated “Mackie is also a suspect connected to a shooting in Aiken, South Carolina & Richmond County, GA. Charges will follow.”
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A news release Saturday from the Aiken County Sheriff’s Department spelled the suspect’s name McKie and listed his age as 30. The GBI lists his age as 33.
The Graniteville incident took place at 135 Saddlebrook Trail around 11:51 a.m. when a 911 caller “reported a shooting that left one male injured from gunfire to his arm and leg and one male deceased,” according to a news release from Aiken County.
When deputies arrived, the suspect was being restrained by others in the house, the release said. The injured male was taken to an area hospital.
The additional shootings took place earlier Saturday morning in both Richmond and Jefferson counties.
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Around 8:55 a.m. Saturday, a black male entered the Dollar General on North Main Street in Wrens and pulled a handgun, firing multiple shots at a salesclerk. At least one shot hit the clerk, who was “alert and talking” when Wrens police officers arrived on the scene. The clerk was transported to an Augusta hospital, according to a news release from the Wrens Police Department. No additional details on the shooting victim’s status have been release as of Sunday morning.
Prior to the Wrens shooting, another incident was reported on Deans Bridge Road in Richmond County, the Wrens Police Department confirmed.
“The Wrens Police Department and the GBI will be assisting the Aiken County and Richmond County investigators as this case proceeds,” according to an additional Facebook post at the Wrens Police Department’s page attributed to Chief (Jamey) Kitchens.
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