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Gunman opens fire into Downtown Augusta crowd

The GBI is now investigating a shooting that happened in Downtown Augusta early Saturday morning.

Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson, issues statement about Broad St. shooting

Witnesses tell of 'chaos' after gunfire broke out in downtown Augusta

Around 1:15 a.m., there was a gunfight on the sidewalk at 10th and Broad streets, and one of the gunmen fired into a crowd on the sidewalk, authorities said. That's when the chaos started.

Augusta has seen mass shootings before, and this could have been a bad one

Mass shootings have been increasing in recent years across the U.S., and Augusta seems to have gotten lucky that Saturday's downtown incident wasn't much worse.

3 injured in Downtown Augusta shootout as gunman opens fire into crowd