Richmond Police has made arrests
in the fatal shooting of a man yesterday in South Side.
Around 5:39 p.m. Thursday, May 31,
Richmond Police received a call for a person with a gun in the 3700 block of
Bonmark Drive. A subsequent call at 5:43 p.m. reported a person had been shot
on Bonmark Drive.
Richmond Police officers from
Second Precinct arrived within a minute of the call and found three persons
with gunshot wounds. They were taken to VCU Medical Center, where one of
them, Orlando J. Shaw, 19, later died. The other two persons’ injuries are not
life threatening.
The initial investigation indicates the shooting resulted
from a confrontation and argument among four people, including Shaw, who lived
on Bonmark Drive.
Three people are charged with conspiracy to commit murder in
the death of Shaw. They are: Jewel Wiggins, 19; Maria Y. Wiggins, 41; and
Antonio A. Fountain, 32, of the 5900 block of Warwick Road.
Richmond Police
commends the great work of the officers’ immediate response and information
from the Vial Heights community that resulted in the rapid closure of this
homicide investigation.
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| Jewel Wiggins |
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| Maria Wiggins |
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| Antonio Fountain |
