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Two 30-year-old men including one from Georgia were arrested with help from the FBI in a barbershop shooting that left a 34-year-old Somerset County man dead, authorities said Thursday.
Todd C. Smith, of Edison, and Tayyab A. Ware, of Augusta, GA, were each charged with first-degree murder, robbery and weapon possession following the Nov. 2 killing of 34-year-old Denny Sanchez, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a joint release.
Franklin Township police officers responded to multiple 9-1-1 calls around 8:40 p.m. for reports of a shooting at a Hamilton Street barber shop, Robertson said alongside SCPO Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella M. Spruill.
A woman wounded in a fatal shooting inside the Augusta Mall last October has filed suit against the mall s corporate owners and manager and the firm that provides security.
Aubrey Adams-Knowlden filed the Richmond County Superior court lawsuit Thursday seeking unspecified damages for alleged negligence in security.
According to the lawsuit, Adams-Knowlden was working in the Status Jewelry kiosk inside the Augusta Mall on Oct. 3 when an argument between two men led to gunfire. She was shot in the right knee by a stray bullet and as she lay on the floor wounded, she saw a fatally wounded Derrell Little, 26, fall near her.
Neel Madhavan | Daily Journal
ROCKINGHAM It started out as a regular Saturday afternoon for Diasia Littlejohn and Dequan Wilson. They brought their young daughter, Ja’Nyvia Littlejohn, to Walmart to shop.
As they arrived, they noticed a number of Richmond County Sheriff’s deputies gathered outside the store. Wondering what the commotion was about, they asked if something had happened.
The deputies weren’t there on official business they were there for the first Shop with a Deputy shopping spree, and Diasia was surprised when the deputies then invited her and Wilson to bring little Ja’Nyvia along to participate.