Southside Richmond

A Community Blog for Richmonders South of the James River

RTD & WWBT12 Cover Recent Crime in Hillside Court

Today’s Richmond Times Dispatch has a front page article detailing recent events in the Hillside Court area of the south eastern part of the city. You can read the complete story here. In a related story, WWBT12 is reporting today that the suspect wanted in Tuesday’s shooting has turned themselves in. You can read the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]