Posts Tagged ‘officer-involved shooting’
Mayor Tom Butt convenes first meeting of Richmond’s new city council
On Tuesday mayor Tom Butt called the new city council to order for the first time. On the agenda: electing a vice mayor, disbanding the Public Safety and Finance standing committees, and removing the time limits on debate for council members. Butt, a long-time council member, started out on a light note. “Nobody is to…
Read MoreDetective shoots man in Pacific East Mall parking lot
A Richmond Police Department detective shot and wounded a man suspected of attempted burglary Thursday afternoon in the Pacific East Mall parking lot. The man was transported to the hospital with serious injuries but is expected to live, police said.
Read MoreFamed civil rights attorney John Burris to sue city and officer on behalf of Perez family
Famed personal injury and civil rights attorney John Burris plans to sue the city of Richmond and Wallace Jensen, the officer who shot and killed Richard “Pedie” Perez III, for wrongful death.
Read MoreMourners remember man killed during struggle with Richmond police
More than 100 people gathered at Nicholl Park Saturday to remember a 24-year-old man shot and killed during a midnight scuffle with a Richmond police officer. Family and friends recalled Richard “Pedie” Perez III as a good-natured prankster. One family member described him as a man, “who chose to be with the homeless, the addicts…
Read MoreWitness provides new details in deadly Richmond police shooting
Richard “Pedie” Perez III, 24, died after a Richmond Police officer shot him three times days ago.
Read MoreCandlelight vigil held in memory of Richard “Pedie” Perez III in Richmond
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…
Read MoreMan charged with attempting to murder a police officer
The Contra Costa District Attorney filed charges earlier this week against a 30-year-old man for attempting to shoot and kill several Richmond Police officers who were responding to a 911 call. The defendant, Elston Young, has been charged with three felonies for pointing his gun toward police officers earlier this month. Before the officers arrived,…
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