On the morning of June 2, 2025, 25-year-old Jerome Burley was shot and later died at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. The shooting occurred before 9:25 a.m. at The Landings @ 237 Apartments on Fox Trace, an area off Wrightsboro Road that has experienced repeated violent incidents. Emergency responders transported Burley to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at 9:26 a.m. The Richmond County Coroner’s Office scheduled an autopsy to determine the exact cause and manner of death.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office sent numerous officers to the scene as the community reacted to another fatal shooting in the Fox Trace neighborhood. If anyone witnessed the early-morning incident at The Landings @ 237 Apartments or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.