Teen killed, another injured during attempted home-invasion robbery
on December 8, 2011
A Richmond resident shot two would-be robbers Wednesday night, killing a 19-year-old man and injuring another man.
The two entered a house on the 400 block of South 35th Street in an attempted armed home-invasion robbery, said Richmond Police Dept. Lt. Bisa French. A resident was inside and scuffled with the suspected robbers before gunfire broke out.
While the suspected robbers did fire their weapons, no residents were seriously injured.
The man who was shot but not killed is recovering from his wounds in the hospital.
“He will be taken into custody once he’s released from the hospital,” French said.
While French said there’s a possibility that there was a larger group involved in the home invasion, police do not have an estimate at this time.
This death marks the 27th homicide this year and the third fatal shooting in two weeks in Richmond and unincorporated North Richmond. Tony Reynolds, 46, was shot in Parchester Village on Dec. 3 and 20-year-old Marquis Hamilton was killed on Nov. 25 in North Richmond.
French said Wednesday’s incident does not appear to be connected to any other recent shooting.
Richmond Confidential welcomes comments from our readers, but we ask users to keep all discussion civil and on-topic. Comments post automatically without review from our staff, but we reserve the right to delete material that is libelous, a personal attack, or spam. We request that commenters consistently use the same login name. Comments from the same user posted under multiple aliases may be deleted. Richmond Confidential assumes no liability for comments posted to the site and no endorsement is implied; commenters are solely responsible for their own content.
Richmond Confidential
Richmond Confidential is an online news service produced by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism for, and about, the people of Richmond, California. Our goal is to produce professional and engaging journalism that is useful for the citizens of the city.
Please send news tips to richconstaff@gmail.com.
