Richmond County authorities are investigating a deadly shooting in the middle of an Augusta street on Tuesday.
Lashonda Wilkerson, 45, of Hephzibah, was shot and collapsed in the middle of the street around 1:32 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Druid Park Ave at Walton Way.
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At 2:35 p.m. Tuesday, deputies located the suspect vehicle at Pendleton King Park with a man behind the wheel, sheriff’s Sgt. Caleb Lee said. “Deputies observed the male subject was deceased with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to his head,” Sgt. Lee said.
He was identified as 45-year-old Michael A. Brooks, of George Road in Augusta, according to Coroner Mark Bowen. Brooks is believed to be the victim’s ex-husband.
A local woman went live on Facebook from the scene and described an apparent confrontation between a driver of a Chrysler 300. She showed video of a body on the sheet with a pink blanket in the middle of the road.
Coroner Mark Bowen could be seen arriving on the scene and viewing the body of a black female.
