Downtown Augusta gunfight results in apparent shooting of 3-year-old

A 3-year-old boy was apparently shot early Sunday as a result of a shooting in downtown Augusta.

Deputies headed to 10th Street between Broad and Ellis streets after gunshots were heard around 2:30 a.m., according to a news release from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. There they found several people who had fled the scene and managed to detain three of them.

Deputies also located an injured 3-year-old child with an apparent gunshot wound at Ninth and Greene streets. The child was taken to Wellstar Hospital for treatment, but the child’s condition was not immediately mentioned in the press release.

“Investigators are currently interviewing the three individuals as well as the child’s mother,” the news release said. “It appears that a fight broke out between two groups in the 200 block of 10th Street in front of Tacocats and several shots were fired.”

The investigation is ongoing and no further information has yet been obtained.

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This article first appeared in the Augusta Chronicle: 3-year-old boy shot during shooting in downtown Augusta early Sunday