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Two men shot to death last night in Whitcomb and Mosby
08/20/2017 11:06 AM by John M
The first took place in the 2400 block of Carmine Street, where officers responded to the report of a shooting at 10:58 p.m. Upon arrival, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Around 11:15 p.m., police responded to the 1400 block of Coalter Street near Littlepage Street for another report of a shooting and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound in a stairwell outside of a residence. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
From the RPD:
Victims Identified in Two Homicides in the City’s East End
The Richmond Police Department has identified the victims in two homicides which occurred last night in Whitcomb Court and the Mosby neighborhood.
Shortly before 11 p.m. last night, police were called to the 2400 block of Carmine Street for a report of a person down. When officers arrived, they found the victim, Justin B. Townsend, 24, of the 16000 block of Flotilla Way, Woodbridge, in the courtyard of an apartment complex with an apparent gunshot wound. Richmond Ambulance Authority transported the victim to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Fifteen minutes later at approximately 11:15 p.m., police received a call for a shooting in the 1400 block of Coalter Street. When officers found the victim, Broderick F. Jones, 40, of the 1900 block of Accommodation Street, in the stairwell of residence suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
At this time, detectives do not believe the two incidents are related and are in the early stages of the investigation. The Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death.
Anyone with information about the homicide on Carmine Street is asked to call Major Crimes Detective J. Crewell at (804) 646-5324. Those with information about the homicide on Coalter Street is asked to call Major Crimes Detective A. Coates at (804) 646-0729 or contact Crime Stoppers at 780-1000 or at http://www.7801000.com.
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If only the mayor was focused on the issues that REALLY mattered.
Mosby is back! What’s that 7 for Mosby?
Eight:
Donyell T. Patillo (02/13/2017)
1900 Raven Street
Shaquenda Walker (1 of 2) (2/16/2017)
1329 Coalter Street
Deborah Walker (2 of 2) (2/16/2017)
1329 Coalter Street
Kendell L. Coward (3/20/2017)
1905 Raven Street
Taliek K. Brown (2 of 2) (3/30/2017)
1956 Accomodation Street
Mikkaisha D. Smoot (1 of 2) (3/30/2017)
1956 Accomodation Street
Trooper Michael Walter (5/26/2017)
900 Redd Street
Broderick F. Jones (8/19/2017)
1400 Coalter Street
@2…I was thinking the same thing. It’s unbelievable to me that our political “leaders” have so much time to stir the political pot in an obvious effort to divide yet, do nothing to begin solving the outrageous murder problem in this city. Stoney, McAuliffe, Bourne, the idiot Northam, absolutely disgust me!
I wonder if my health insurance rate would increase if I listed Coalter Street as my permanent address?
@2 & 5…. Totally agree.
It’s almost kinda weird how little fairfield court is in the news. That place looks worse than mosby, and much worse than gilpin.
@kay Their not going to solve the murder/crime problem Richmond has. It’s been like this for decades. The city has to keep the jail and penitentiaries filled since they generate so much revenue for the Commonwealth.Crime is big business. If the city wanted to tear down the projects, They would of done it in the 90s. Don’t let these politicians fool you
In the overlap of instructional racism and institutional classism, we have mega projects where often only people who are poor and black live. In a zone in which…. politicians need not actually work but only and occasionally pander, where the opportunity to worsen oneself through a new addiction or proximity to violence is more available that its opposite, and where identity itself shows that these institutions make their people generation by generation. Sad to see us so institutiinalozed that we will fight for our kids to stay in the projects, and for the projects to stay up around our kids. Like that armor and the damage it does is better than what?
Testament to policy choices made in bad faith long ago, with simple racist and classist motivations strongest among badly formed ideas of modern poverty abatement: warehouse black or poor people in a true ghetto.
Break it up. Distribute the poverty.
Or recognize we are operating in the same bad faith today.
@ #8 whillywhipperjones
Are you sure about that? I rather get out the car in Fairfield than Gilpin lol.Gilpin Court has drug dealers and looks on the third floors of a lot of there buildings and spaced out sentry like on the ground floors and breezeways. Pretty intimidating if you ask me to stop at adoro sign with 30 people hanging on the corner fighting for the sale.
Agree with Chris. We have a problem with our teenagers shooting and killing each other. Grandstanding about the statues on Monument Avenue is not going to fix this. We need to focus our energies on schools and our poverty which keeps people in these projects and leads these kids to believe this is the only way of life. It breaks my heart.
Yes C & L: News lines from RTD in 4 yrs after they are gone.
*SOL’s tanked again in RPS by 7% last year. council votes to give them additional 2 mil.
* The 12 school children brought in to VCU with respiratory illness have all been released ok. Air quality tests are being done now and the results will be released when available, wink, wink. The child with the head wound from falling debris is still in VCU.
*RVA saw an improvement in crime this week with only 3 murders and 7 shot and wounded. Up for reelection Mayor Stoney, through his press spokesperson, he thought that was step in the right direction.
*Interviews with local tire and suspension repair shops have reported a steady increase in business the past several years. Anonymously, they are backing the current administration for reelection.
*Could go on, but so SAD that focus on critical issues of RVA go by the wayside but,,,, What will be the next social issue that will pull us through and make this a City that can succeed?
@ Will Hall – I doubt the state or the city make any money off of the city jails or state prisons, but if you have any info showing they do I would be interested to see it. (Not a comment on anything else you said, just that.)
@lee I’m not going to get into a long discussion about this, but research the private prison for profit industry. We have one private prison here in Virginia called Lawrenceville correctional center. Look it up. They have qutoas, and these prisons make money when beds are filled.States have to pay taxes when these beds aren’t filled. The city makes money from court fines, lawyer fees, the city jail charges inmates two dollars a day, you have to pay $100 to be on probation and house arrest. Call the probation office downtown Richmond and ask them about the probation fees. Jails also make alot of money from canteen and phone calls. Google everything I’m saying
I am praying for family, friends and loved ones of Broderick Jones. May you find some peace and comfort during this terrible time in your life.
Also, I am praying for family, friends and loved ones of Justin Townsend. May you find some peace and comfort during this terrible time in your life.
Thank you Unicia. I am the mother of Justin Townsend and I greatly appreciate your prayers. My son was in that area visiting a so called girlfriend who was part of the part of the death of my son. We just hope the people who seen this happen would come forward.
Please excuse my typo, I just get very emotional when writing about my son.