Montecrest Avenue Homicide

Richmond Police detectives are in the early stages of a homicide investigation on the city’s Southside this morning.

At approximately 1:19 a.m. today, officers received a call for a shooting in the 2800 block of Montecrest Avenue. Officers were on scene within two minutes and found two adult males who had been shot.

One victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The second victim died at the scene.

Detectives are asking anyone with any information about this crime to call Crime Stoppers at 780-1000 or text Crime Stoppers at 274637, using the key word “ITip” followed by your tip.