An Augusta man was arrested Friday in two separate shootings that occurred last month.
Kelvin Lewis, 33, of Augusta was arrested after Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Investigators “were working leads they had uncovered while investigating similarities of the murders of Johnnie Coleman and Brittany Dougherty,” according to an email from Sgt. Caleb Lee, public information officer, at 10:14 p.m. Friday.
Coleman, 72, of Holloway Drive, was found Monday, April 18, after passing motorist saw him on the 1900 block of Old Savannah Road in front of Perry’s Pig restaurant and notified the sheriff’s office. The victim was shot at least one time and pronounced dead at the scene at 7:58 a.m., Coroner Mark Bowen said in an April 18 article in The Augusta Press.
Brittany Dougherty, 29, was found dead April 19 in the yard of a vacant home on the 1500 block of Conklin Avenue, Bowen said.
Bowen initially called it a “suspicious death.”
Investigators located Lewis and a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle used during both murders, Lee said. They tied Lewis to both crimes and have subsequently charged him with two counts of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
He has been booked into the Charles B. Webster Detention Center.
The investigation is still active and no further information is being released at this time, Lee said.
“We would like to thank the US Marshal’s Service, the (Augusta/Savannah) Southeast Regional (United States Marshal) Fugitive Task Force and Road Patrol Deputies for their help in apprehending Kelvin Lewis, without incident,” he said.
The two shootings were part of a string of killings over the course of a week in mid-April.
