June
22, 2016
A
Richmond man has been arrested related to an aggravated assault shooting that
occurred in the Ginter Park neighborhood in early June.
Shaqwan
M. Ward, 23, of the 1600 block of Brookfield Street, was arrested last Saturday and
charged with aggravated malicious wounding, robbery, breaking and entering
with a weapon and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a
felony. All five charges are felonies. His booking photo is attached
“Officers working with our Fugitives and Firearms Initiative to take illegally-possessed guns and wanted persons off the streets spotted Mr. Ward on Saturday along Old Brook Road and took him into custody without incident,” said Major Crimes Lt. Jason Hudson.
At
approximately 1:28 a.m. on June 1, officers responded to a report of a shooting
in the 3500 block of Chamberlayne Avenue. They quickly located an adult male
victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was taken to a local
hospital with life-threatening injuries. “Officers working with our Fugitives and Firearms Initiative to take illegally-possessed guns and wanted persons off the streets spotted Mr. Ward on Saturday along Old Brook Road and took him into custody without incident,” said Major Crimes Lt. Jason Hudson.
Anyone with any information about this case is
asked to call Major
Crimes Detective Mark Godwin at (804) 646-5533 or Crime Stoppers at 780-1000.
Citizens can also text Crime
Stoppers at 274637, using the key word “ITip” followed by your tip or
submit a tip online at www.7801000.com.
Shaqwan M. Ward
