NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A man accused of shooting and killing two people at a North Augusta gas station was arrested on Monday, according to authorities.

J’Shawn Deontae Dukes was booked into the Richmond County jail on Monday.

Dukes was shot by a North Augusta officer after he allegedly fatally shot two people on Oct. 26.

Dukes was transported to an Augusta hospital for treatment after the shooting.

We have reached out for his mugshot.

The shooting happened at the Sprint convenience store , 107 Edgefield Road.

While officers were on the way, they learned someone in the store had been shot.

Officers arrived within minutes and saw a Black male wearing a light red shirt carrying a rifle – later described as an AR-style rifle. The incident report states that he was w

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