22-year-old shot dead on Greenwich Drive in Aiken
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A 22-year-old man has been shot dead in Aiken – the latest victim in a two-year outbreak of crime that’s claimed more than 150 lives across the CSRA.
The Aiken County Coroner’s Office said Jalen Jones, was shot around 11:33 a.m. at a residence in the 300 block of Greenwich Drive in Aiken.
He was found in a shed in the backyard of the home and pronounced deceased on the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.
Jones will be autopsied Thursday in Newberry.
The Aiken County Coroner’s Office and Aiken Department of Public Safety are continuing with the investigation.
Anyone with information on the crime is urged to call Aiken Department of Public Safety at 803-642-7620 or submit an anonymous online tip at www.cityofaikensc.gov/offices/public-safety/crime-tip.
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Jones’ death comes amid an outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed more than 150 lives across the CSRA in two years. It’s affected communities large and small on both sides of the Savannah River.
Authorities have blamed much of the problem on gangs, and many of the victims, like Jones, as well as suspects have been young men.
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