Shooting Investigated on Southside
WWBT-12 reports that a shooting occurred today, April 25 around 4:40pm at one of the shopping strips near East Belt Boulevard. One person was shot in the leg but without serious injury. The incident seems to have been caused by an argument. http://www.nbc12.com/story/14510455/police-investigate-shooting-on-belt-boulevard
South Richmond Club Scene of Shooting
Sunday night, March 20, 2011 witnessed an unfortunate shooting incident at a club located at Old Hopkins Road and Walmsley Boulevard in South Richmond. One person was found beaten and another shot in the ankle, but thankfully neither person suffered life-threatneing injuries. The incident was reported in the Richmond Times Dispatch as follows: The incidents [...]
Man Supposedly Shot on 34th Street
Found this curious article this morning in the Richmond Times Dispatch. Will keep an eye out to see if this actually comes out to be true. A man told police he was shot early today in an attempted robbery in a South Richmond alley. Richmond police Lt. Angela Greene said the man was taken to VCU Medical [...]
Arrest Has Been Made in New Year’s Shooting on Southlawn Avenue!
An Email Advisory from the Richmond Police Department, dated 1/20/2011 announces that an arrest in the Southlawn Avenue Homicides on New Year’s Eve. We congratulated the RPD on all their hard work to solve this crime! You can also read about it at the Richmond Times Dispatch. Richmond Police investigators have arrested and charged Ivan [...]
Hillside Court Shooting Victim Identified
The Richmond Times Dispatch has just reported an update on yesterday’s shooting incident in the Hillside Court area of Richmond. Richmond police today were searching for several males believed to have been involved in the shooting of two women, one fatally, in the Hillside Court area of Richmond shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Police spokesman Gene Lepley [...]
Suspects Sought in Overnight Shooting in Hillside Court, One Fatally Shot
The Richmond Times Dispatch has just posted an update on a shooting that also took place on Tuesday evening, January 18, 2011 in the Hillside Court area, which is located east of the city between Jefferson Davis Highway and Commerce Road. Richmond Police today were searching for several males believed to have been involved in [...]
Domestic Violence & Armed Robbery Hit Southside
Last night proved to be a busy night on the south side of the Richmond with an armed robbery and domestic assault. These incidents were reported in today’s Richmond Times Dispatch for events occurring Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Both incidents occurred outside our focus area but I’m including them since they are reported as taking place [...]
New Year’s Homicide Victims Are From Jackson Ward
The Richmond Times Dispatch reported on January 2, 2o11 that the shooting victims of January 1, 2011 were from the Jackson Ward neighborhood. Article below: The new year was just a few hours old when a man and woman were shot to death in an apparent double homicide in South Richmond. Killed were Alex R. Arrington Jr. [...]
First Homicide Victims of 2011 Found in Hillside Court
Unfortunately the new year has already had its first homicides and unfortunately they were on the south side of the river in Hillside Court, which is out of our focus area but should be reported. Two persons were found shot on Southlawn Avenue, which is located not far from Blackwell surrounded by Jefferson Davis Hwy [...]
Harbor Freight Tools Store is Robbed
The popular strip mall where Hayne’s Furniture is located, at Chippenham and Hull Street Road, experienced a robbery as reported by the Richmond Times Dispatch. The unidentified robber was brazen yet resourceful. A man robbed a tool store at gunpoint in South Richmond last night and used a trash can from the business to carry [...]
We’ll Take Stolen Eyeglasses Over Homicides
At first, I thought this was a silly story but if the local news is that of a few stolen items as compared to a homicide story, I’ll take this any day. As reported by the Richmond Times Dispatch today, Tuesday, December 28, 2010, this crime incident occurred on Dinwiddie Avenue, which is in Blackwell [...]
Another Shooting Hits Too Close to Home
Southside has had another shooting reported, this time closer to home on Lovells Road, which is located off of Warwick Road between Hull Street Road and Broad Road Road in the 9th District. The Richmond Times Dispatch reported the news on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 as follows: Richmond police are looking for suspects in the shooting [...]
Breaking Good News! Police Make Arrest in Domestic Violence Case
The Richmond Times Dispatch just reports that the Richmond Police Department have made an arrest in the recent death of Richmonder Richard Herman Church, which appears to be a domestic violence incident. From the RTD, Friday, December 3, 2010 Police have arrested a 35-year-old woman in last month’s killing of a South Richmond man. Richmond [...]
Delivery Driver Escapes Injury in Robbery
It’s without a doubt that the current recession coupled with holiday stresses is encouraging the drastic actions that we’ve seen occurring in our local community. Today’s Richmond Times Dispatch reports of another shooting incident in Southside, but thankfully without injury this time. A Chinese food delivery driver escaped injury last night when he was shot at [...]
Decatur Street Shooting Ends Sad Week in Southside
The Richmond Police Department email advisory notes another shooting in the south eastern part of the City, in Blackwell, on Saturday, November 27, 2010. Hopefully 8th District Councilwoman, Reva Trammell, is on top of this horrible rash of violence in her district this holiday week. At approximately 7:30 p.m., the Richmond Police Department received a [...]
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