Body from Augusta shootout dragged more than 50 feet by Augusta Fire vehicle
More details have been released about the Augusta Fire employee who ran over a body after a shooting Saturday in downtown Augusta.
The report from the sheriff's office notes that firefighter Gregory Hartshorne, 52, of Augusta, was at fault for driving over Germayne Farrell, 51, of Daytona Beach, Florida, after the shooting.
A crash report notes that while responding to the scene, Hartshorne was crossing through the parking lot of 115 Prep Phillips Dr., traveling north, when he failed to see Farrell on the ground.
Hartshorne told deputies the vehicle hood and fender obscured his vision and he "misjudged the location of Farrell's body," according to the report.
Farrell was lying face down with his head to the north when he was struck by the undercarriage of the fire vehicle, according to the report. He was dragged more than 50 feet.
Hartshorne ran over Farrell's body at 6:55 p.m., just two minutes after deputies responded to the shooting.
While Sheriff Richard Rountree told media Monday that Farrell was pronounced dead by the Richmond County Coroner's Office prior to his body being run over by Hartshorne, a media release later stated the coroner's office did not pronounce Farrell and the other shooting victim, Keith Coates, 30, of Valdosta, Georgia, dead until 7:58 p.m.
The report notes Hartshorne was "not drinking," but an alcohol test was not administered.
The Richmond County Coroner's Office did not immediately respond on Tuesday to inquiries about Farrell's cause of death.
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This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Firefighter drags body 50 feet after mass shooting in Augusta
