In the late hours of a Thursday evening in Augusta, Georgia, the life of 29-year-old Daytron Rashad Merriweather, a Black male from Johnston, South Carolina, was brought to a tragic and violent end. On February 4, 2021, at the Budgetel Inn on Fifth Street, what began as an apparent robbery escalated into a fatal shooting. Merriweather was shot at least once during the encounter. He was quickly transported to University Hospital, but his injuries proved too severe, and he was pronounced dead at 1
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