Safety
A 52-year-old man was shot in the left leg and wounded on Cutting Boulevard this morning, said Richmond Police Det. Nicole Abetkov. Multiple gunshots activated the ShotSpotter detection system from the 2600 block of Cutting Blvd. around 12:38 a.m. Responding officers said they located the victim on the corner of South 25th and Cutting. Police said they saw a black Saturn traveling northbound on South 25th Street and pursued the vehicle. The driver — who Abetkov said was a 56-year-old man…
There were fewer bodies in the audience at Thursday night’s Office of Neighborhood Safety meeting than have been laid out in blood on Richmond’s streets thus far this year. But although organizers said they were discouraged by the turnout at the Dynamics of Peace forum, those who did show up at the Nevin Community Center did not lack for conviction. “Right now we’re a small team, but if we all come together we can be an army,” said Charles Muhammad,…
Dinesh Kumar woke on a recent morning to find an armed intruder who shot him at least four times and killed his mother. This is his story.
Harold Beaulieu and his band of youthful surveyors are taking a novel approach to learning about the residents of North Richmond.
Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and Police Chief Chris Magnus pledged Tuesday to crack down on any banks that are neglecting foreclosed properties in the city. And they said they’ll push harder to enforce a city ordinance that fines banks $1,000 a day for vacant properties with code violations. At a meeting at the Nevin Community Center, Magnus said empty, foreclosed houses have become havens for crime and that the banks and mortgage companies that own them are deliberately obscuring their…
The Richmond Police Department is still holding a suspect in relation to a home invasion turned homicide late last month, but hasn’t formally charged the man yet. Five members of the same family had their world shattered before 4 a.m. Aug 26 at 3234 Moran Ave. as a man fired shots in their house, killing 67-year-old Sushila Prasad and seriously injuring another man who lives there. Police have been holding a 21-year-old suspect since the day of the shooting, but…
When Michelle Milam first set up Richmond Police Department’s Facebook profile in January, she couldn’t help but wonder how many people were going to “like” the page. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Richmond Police Facebook page had 634 fans, with 14,711 unique views over the last month. The average Facebook user has only 130 friends, according to the social media site’s statistics. “A big part of it is to build those one-on-one relationships,” said Milam, the department’s crime prevention manager….
Elvis Alfaro-Escobar, 17, was remembered Friday as a music-loving prankster and recent graduate of Richmond High School.
Elvis Escobar Alfaro, 17, was shot multiple times at around 9:45 p.m. near the corner of Eighth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. He was pronounced dead after being airlifted to John Muir Medical Center.