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Man arrested after investigators say he beat man to death with lamp

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Bryant Willerson, Courtesy: RCSO Bryant Willerson, Courtesy: RCSO
AUGUSTA, GA (WFXG) -

Richmond County Investigators arrested a man they say beat another man to death with a lamp.

Bryant Willerson is in the Richmond Co. Jail this morning facing murder charges.

Investigators were called to the old Days Inn on the 400 block of Days Inn.

When they arrived, they learned Willerson and the victim, William McClain,  got into an argument that turned physical. Investigators say Willerson obtained a floor lamp and beat McClain in the face and body.

McClain died at the scene, and Willerson was arrested there as well.

Both Willerson and McClain were homeless.

It is Richmond County's 15th homicide of 2012.