AUGUSTA, Ga (WFXG) - The Richmond County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide at an Augusta hotel.

Just before 10:30 a.m., deputies responded to the Knights Inn on Boy Scout Rd. for a call about a dead man. The sheriff's office says the victim, now identified as twenty-six-year-old Renqual Geter of Eastover, South Carolina, was shot at least one time.

The sheriff's office is investigating Geter's death as a homicide. An autopsy has been scheduled by the GBI.

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