AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A man is dead and a suspect has been caught after a shooting Tuesday morning in Augusta.

Richmond County deputies responded to the shooting in the 2700 block of Deen Avenue at 7:35 a.m.

The Richmond County Coroner’s Office says Deunte Myers, 28, of Augusta, was shot at least one time.

Myers was taken to Wellstar MCG hospital, and was pronounced dead at 8:13 a.m., the coroner said.

In the afternoon, deputies said they were looking for suspect Tyrese Artavious Wesby, 21, in connection with the shooting.

By 3:05 p.m., he’d been caught.

After the shooting, there were at least three Richmond County patrol cars and multiple investigators and deputies on the scene around 8:30 a.m.

Deputies were conducting interviews with neighbors just over an hour after the shoo

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