On January 8, 2025, at about 3:23 p.m. a gunshot was reported in the 700 block of Broad Street outside the Richmond Summit apartments in Augusta, Georgia. Deputies from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office found 41-year-old Quincy Clay Fields with at least one gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries.

Investigators say Fields and the man accused of shooting him were both residents of Richmond Summit and were acquainted. Authorities arrested 62-year-old Victor Prince in connection with the shooting; he was charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. The circumstances that led to the deadly encounter are still under investigation.

Anyone who was at Richmond Summit on January 8 or who has information about the events that preceded the shooting is asked to contact investigators.