Shooting at Augusta Bar Leaves One Man Dead

Corey Thomas, victim

Date: September 28, 2021

A Martinez man was fatally shot overnight at the Level 9 on Damascus Road in Augusta.

Corey Lamont Thomas, 37, of Ridge Crossing, Martinez, was shot at least one time early Tuesday outside the club. He was rushed to Augusta University Medical Center by EMS, where he died around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday.

Level 9

Thomas will be transported to the GBI Lab for an autopsy. The death marks the 25th homicide this year in Richmond County.

The sheriff’s office released these details: “The time of call was approximately 1:15am and RCSO Deputies responded to a call of shots fired outside of Level 9. There were two other victims that were transported to the hospital for treatment with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries. There have been no arrests in connection with the shooting and the investigation is on-going.”

Greg Rickabaugh 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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