Weekend Shooting Leaves Wrens Teen Dead
A 19-year-old Jefferson County girl is the latest victim of gun violence in the CSRA. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Khia Shields was shot around 1:00 am Saturday at…
Teen Shot and Killed at Home In Wrens
TheaDesign/Getty ImagesA 19-year-old Jefferson County girl is the latest victim of gun violence in the CSRA.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Khia Shields was shot around 1:00 am Saturday at a home in the 400 block of Washington Street in Wrens. Shields was unconscious when emergency responders arrived. She was taken to Augusta University Medical Center where she died a short time later.
For now, authorities say it appears Shields was the victim of a drive-by shooting. For no there are no suspects in the incident.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Wrens Police Department at (706) 547-3232; or the GBI Thomson Office at (706) 595-2575.
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