Deadly Shooting Thursday Night at Downtown Augusta Convenience Store

Another shooting at a convenience store in Richmond County has resulted in one death. Deputies were called to the Mom & Pop store in the 2000 block of Broad Street…

Mary Liz Nolan

Updated Oct 23, 2023 8:49 AM EDT

Blue flasher light of siren of police car at night city street. Themes crime, emergency and help.

Getty Images/iStockphoto

Another shooting at a convenience store in Richmond County has resulted in one death.

Deputies were called to the Mom & Pop store in the 2000 block of Broad Street around 7:30 p.m. Thursday where one person had been shot.

Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen says 55-year-old Ricky Cooper of Parnell Street in Augusta was shot at least one time. He was taken to Wellstar MCG where he died a short time later. An autopsy has been scheduled.

Investigators haven't released any other information about the shooting yet.

Earlier this week, four people were injured in a drive-by shooting at Paul's IGA on Greene Street. So far, no one has been arrested in that incident.

For more local news, click here.

Richmond County Shooting

Mary Liz NolanWriter

Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.

Deadly Shooting Thursday Night at Downtown Augusta Convenience Store

Another shooting at a convenience store in Richmond County has resulted in one death. Deputies were called to the Mom & Pop store in the 2000 block of Broad Street…

Mary Liz Nolan

Download our station app