Man killed in Mosby

Hopewell man fatally shot in Mosby Court
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Man on trial for murder, abduction charges in Mosby Court shooting
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Davie Young, 26, lived in Hopewell with his girlfriend of two years, Lashanta Lovett. On July 24, 2015, the couple, along with their 7-month-old son and Lovett’s daughter, drove into Richmond to visit family, according to Lovett’s testimony Wednesday. That evening, Young drove his Chevy Tahoe to a friend’s home on Gay Street in the Mosby Court public housing community and pulled over in front of a set of apartments.
It was hot out, Lovett told the jury, so all four windows were down, though the back two, where the children sat, could only roll down partially.

There was no answer at the friend’s front door, Lovett said, so Young went around back. A few minutes later, Lovett said, she looked back to see her boyfriend in a fistfight with two men. She said one of the men was James; the other was his brother, Coles.

Young got away and walked to his car with his hands raised in the air — an act of submission, according to Lovett. McCall alleged that Young’s raised hands had some significance to the Bloods gang.

“That’s when the man pulled out a gun,” Lovett said, referring to James.

To that, she said, Young told the men, “You got it. I meant no disrespect.”

Lovett said James then lowered the gun and fired a shot. Young crumpled in pain and hopped into the SUV, saying he’d been shot in the leg. As Young was trying to leave, Lovett said, James fired into the Tahoe, hitting Young again. She said she never saw Coles with a gun.

Richmond man pleads guilty in Mosby shooting, abduction
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In June, Coles’ brother, John Jerry James Jr., pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and abduction two days into that proceeding. He received a 32-year sentence.
Coles was sentenced to 50 years in prison with 25 years suspended for the murder charge on Thursday. He is currently serving five years for drugs found in his possession at the time of his arrest for Young’s homicide.
Coles faces another three to 13 years for the abduction and gun charges, for which sentencing was set for Dec. 16.