NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – The name of a man shot and killed outside a home in North Augusta Monday night has been released.

The Aiken County Coroner's Office says Paul Joseph Lirley, 35, of Marvin Drive, Aiken was shot in what appears to be a drug deal gone bad.

The coroner says Lirley was pronounced dead at the scene on Weston Street.

The Aiken County Sheriff's Office is calling this a homicide.

Investigators got the call around 7:30 p.m. after witnesses say they heard several gunshots.

NBC Augusta 26 News spoke with the next door neighbor who heard those shots and ran outside to find Lirley lying on the ground. He says he helped Lirley’s wife call 911.

"I went out the back door and I saw a guy run across the road. I heard a scream. I went out front and heard a woman start crying so I ran over there and she said her husband had been shot so I helped her call the cops," said neighbor Casey Tyre.

Other neighbors say they hear gunshots all the time.

Amy Harkins lives down the street and says she's not surprised by what happened.

"We hear gunshots three to four times a week. It can be daylight or dark. It's worse on the weekends and we need more police out here,” said Harkins.

The shooter is still on the loose and was last seen getting into a white Oldsmobile Alero with dark tinted windows.

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