1 person injured in shooting on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting in the 1700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard that left one man injured.

Deputies responded to the scene at 2:05 p.m. Saturday.

According to deputies, he was shot at least one time in the leg and was transported to the hospital.

It was one of the latest shootings in a bloody week for the CSRA:

• Gunfire erupted Sunday afternoon in Aiken County, bringing deputies to Midnight Pass, just off Exit 11 on eastbound Interstate 20.
• A man was shot to death Saturday night in the 400 block of Second Street in Thomson.
• A 43-year-old man was shot dead early Friday in the 1100 block of Wren Lane just outside Louisville.
• A 15-year-old boy was killed Thursday in a shooting at Windsor Spring Road and Rosier Road outside a convenience store that’s seen more than one deadly shooting in recent years.
• Late Thursday, a man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and a woman was injured in a shooting on Henry Street in Augusta.
• A North Augusta 18-year-old is facing a charge of attempted murder after shooting his dad Wednesday night.
• And on Monday, a Graniteville 19-year-old died after being found shot on Redd Street near Tennessee Avenue in Aiken.

The shootings are all part of an outbreak of violence that’s claimed more than 90 lives in a little over a year across the CSRA.

The outbreak has affected communities large and small on both sides of the Savannah River, although as the largest community, Augusta has been hit hard.

Many of the victims and suspects have been young men, and authorities have blamed much of the problem on gangs.

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