An 18-year-old from Stone Mountain sat in custody after a shooting on Wrightsboro Road in Augusta left one man dead and another fighting for his life. Jacob Mark Pennington faces murder charges and other counts tied to the early morning gunfire.
Deputies rolled up to the 3400 block around 5:40 a.m. after reports of shots fired. Two men lay wounded, each with at least one bullet wound. One was unresponsive right there on the ground. Both got loaded up and taken for care.
Marion Reynolds, 50, from Augusta, did not make it. He reached Doctors Hospital but was pronounced dead at 6:25 a.m. The coroner confirmed he had been shot at least once. An autopsy is coming. The second man hung on in critical shape and kept receiving treatment.
Pennington was detained at the scene. Officers took him to the Criminal Investigations Division for questioning, then on to the Charles B. Webster Detention Center. The probe into exactly how the shooting started is still underway.
Yellow tape blocked off the parking lot near Augusta Beverage Center. Evidence markers covered spots across the asphalt. Traffic on Wrightsboro Road got held up until about 7:30 a.m. The scene wrapped up around 8:15 a.m.
This was no late-night mess. It happened as the sun was barely up. One life ended. Another hung in the balance. A teenager now sits charged with murder.
People in Augusta know Wrightsboro Road well. Now that stretch carries the weight of another shooting. Investigators keep digging for answers while the charges against Pennington stand.
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