AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of a mother and son from a murder in 2023.

Mikeem Gaines, 22, and Garnett Gaines, 45, were arrested Tuesday evening by the sheriff’s office and U.S. Marshals Southeastern Fugitive Task Force.

At 8:06 a.m. on June 17, 2023, deputies say they responded to the 2800 block of Lumpkin Road regarding a shooting, where they found one person had been shot at least once.

The Coroner’s Office says the victim, 42-year-old James Brinson, was transported to Wellstar MCG, where he was pronounced dead at 8:43 a.m.

The shooting is part of an outbreak of violence that’s claimed more than 100 lives in a few years across the CSRA .

The outbreak has affected communities large and small on both sides of the Savan

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