Safety
Richard “Pedie” Perez III, 24, died after a Richmond Police officer shot him three times days ago.
Family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil in front of Uncle Sam’s Liquor Store in Richmond in memory of Richard Perez III, 24, who was shot and killed there during a confrontation with a Richmond police officer in the early morning hours of Sept. 14. Perez, or ‘Pedie,’ as he was known in the neighborhood, became the first person killed in an officer-involved shooting in Richmond since 2007. The vigil began at 8 p.m. Sunday and lasted into the…
A Richmond police officer shot and killed a man during a scuffle outside a Cutting Blvd. liquor store early Sunday morning, the city’s first fatal officer-involved shooting since 2007.
A San Pablo man was shot multiple times in Richmond’s Iron Triangle Thursday night. The man was airlifted to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek where he underwent surgery. He is listed in critical condition.
Container of cremated human remains found along the shores of Richmond’s Point Molate Beach.
Jonny Perez is a community organizer and boxer in Richmond, who is working to inspire young people to change themselves and their city.
Shots were fired yesterday evening in the Target parking lot on Macdonald Ave., injuring two victims. One, a 17-year-old boy, was critically wounded, according to Richmond police. Both were admitted to Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo.
A woman was shot and killed Thursday night in the Santa Fe neighborhood of Richmond, in the first homicide within the city’s boundaries this year.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney filed felony charges against Mira Vista Elementary School teacher Ron Guinto, raising his bail to $17 million, police spokesperson Lt. Andre Hill confirmed last Friday. If convicted, Guinto faces life in prison.