Suspect found guilty of killing bystander outside busy Augusta coffee shop

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A man has been convicted and sentenced in connection with a 2022 shooting that killed an innocent bystander on Washington Road

Julius Riddick Jr. was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the shooting that killed Reginald Johnson around noon Oct. 17, 2022, at a busy Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins location at 3024 Washington Road.

District Attorney Jared Williams said Riddick was angry over a failed bank scam, so he jumped out of his vehicle and started firing at an associate.

The associate was unharmed, but the gunfire killed Johnson…

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