Two people were killed early Saturday in a shooting at a Georgia nightclub, police said.

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According to the Richmond County Coroner's Office, the shooting occurred at 2:45 a.m. Saturday at the Private Eye Club in Augusta, WDRW reported.

The Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Charles Edward Lawson III, 28, and Ja Brie Savonjay Dominguez, 23, the television station reported.

Police said Lawson was shot at least one time and was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, WRDW reported. Dominguez also was shot at least once and was pronounced dead around 3 a.m., police said.

An investigation is ongoing, the television station reported

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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