Juvenile wanted for killing Augusta tattoo artist

Date: February 17, 2025

A local teen is wanted in Saturday’s fatal shooting of Augusta tattoo artist James Wise inside a residence at Jennings Place, authorities said.

Lucas Lorenzo Bradley, 16, is wanted for murder in connection with the shooting death of 32-year-old James Andrew Wise. The victim was shot in the neck inside a residence on the 1900 block of Cooney Circle and died there. Wise was remembered by friends as a talented tattoo artist.

Bradley is described as 5’1” tall and 110 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He has multiple outstanding warrants for murder and weapon possession, and he is known to frequent the Jennings Place apartment complex and Wooten Road areas, authorities said.

Any information concerning this subject, please contact Sgt. Lucas Heise, or any Violent Crimes Investigator with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office at (706) 821-1026 or (706) 821-1020.

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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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