The Richmond Police
Department has identified the victim in yesterday’s homicide as Jawanda F.
Johnson, 26, of the 2200 block of Fairfield Avenue.
The suspect, Terrell
D. Cook, was located this morning in a house in Christiansburg, Virginia by
the U.S. Marshal’s Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Virginia State Police
with the assistance of the Christiansburg Police Department and the Montgomery
County Sheriff’s Office. Cook, 28, of the 1300 block of Overbrook Road,
had suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and was pronounced dead
at the scene.
The Department
thanks our regional law enforcement partners for their assistance in this
investigation.
Yesterday at
approximately 2:41 p.m., police were called to the 2200 block of Chalfont
Drive for a report of a person shot. When officers arrived, they located Johnson
suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. She was transported to a local
hospital where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead.
The Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death.
The Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death.
Anyone
with further information about this homicide is asked to call Major Crimes
Det. G. Russell at (804) 646-7715 or Major Crimes Det. Sgt. A. Jackson
at (804) 646-0606 or contact Crime Stoppers at 780-1000 or at www.7801000.com.
Submit tips to GUN250 about persons
illegally possessing guns by texting Crime Stoppers at 274637,
then using keyword “GUN250” followed by your tip. Rewards up to $250.
Crime Stoppers methods are anonymous.
