Sunday, August 18, 2013

Clarkson Road Homicide


Richmond Police detectives are in the early stages of a homicide investigation on the city’s South side.

At approximately 12:16 a.m. today, officers received a call about a shooting in the 1700 block of Clarkson Road.

Officers arrived on scene within minutes and found a Hispanic male in his late 30s suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was taken to VCU Medical Center where he later died.

Detectives believe the man was shot during a home invasion robbery in which a struggle ensued and shots were fired.


Anyone with any information about this incident is asking to call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 780-1000 or text Crime Stoppers at 274637, using the key word “ITip” followed by your tip.