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Police: Drug deal leads to murder
Man shot Thursday at The Grove Apartments
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Statesboro police identified a man killed Thursday in a "drug transaction gone bad" as Deniro Smith, 22, of Rincon. Statesboro police Deputy Chief Rob Bryan said Smith was the victim of multiple gunshot wounds during an altercation around 10:50 p.m. Thursday night at The Grove Apartments on Brampton Avenue. "There was definitive evidence it (involved) a drug deal that went awry," he said on Monday.
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