North Augusta Man is Killed in Shooting at Rivers Edge Apartments

Courtesy of www.augustacrime.com Tyrone Dupree, victim

Date: January 08, 2021
Courtesy of www.augustacrime.com Tyrone Dupree, victim

An Aiken County man was killed Thursday evening in a shooting at Rivers Edge Apartments in North Augusta, authorities said.

Tyrone Dupree, 22, of North Augusta, was was found dead in the apartment complex after a shooting there, Coroner Darry Ables said.

The Coroner’s Office and the North Augusta Department of Public Safety are continuing with the investigation.

No suspect information or motive was released.

Rivers Edge Apartments Courtesy of www.augustacrime.com

The complex is located on the 500 block of East Buena Vista Avenue.

Dupree will be autopsied Friday in Newberry.

Greg Rickabauh is the Jail Report Contributor for The Augusta Press. Reach him at greg.rickabaugh@theaugustapress.com

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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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