Tuesday, May 12, 2015

RPD Homicide Investigations Update

May 12, 2015

WHAT:                    Mayor Jones and Colonel Durham Address Crime in Richmond

WHEN:                    2:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 12, 2015

WHERE:                  1900 block of Redd Street

BACKGROUND:     Mayor Dwight C. Jones and Colonel Alfred Durham will update city residents on progress being made by RPD detectives investigating eight homicides that have occurred in the City of Richmond in 2015.

                                They will speak to the shootings that occurred last Thursday in which five persons were injured, two of them fatally.

                                They will also review the most recent statistics for violent crimes and property crimes in the city in 2015, which continue to show a downward trend.

                                The media and the general public are encouraged to attend.