AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) - UPDATE: The Richmond County Sheriff's Office has arrested two men in connection to the shooting death of Makala Perkins on Deans Bridge Rd. Friday morning.

The sheriff's office has arrested thirty-nine-year-old Julius C. Morris, III and twenty-nine-year-old Raheem R. Carter. They're charged with murder and other related gun charges.

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UPDATE: The victim in Friday morning's shooting on Deans Bridge Rd. has been identified as twenty-three-year-old Makala Perkins of Grovetown.

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The Richmond County Sheriff's Office is investigating an early morning assault. 

RCSO says it was dispatched to the 3200 block of Deans Bridge Road around 4:35 a.m. Friday morning. Once on the scene deputies found a female who had  been shot at least once. 

She was transported to the hospital where she died from the injuries. 

The investigation is ongoing. 

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