October
3, 2018
The Richmond
Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred late this
morning outside the John Marshall Courts building in downtown Richmond.
At
approximately 11:19 a.m., RPD officers responded to the building for a report
of a shooting called into the Department of Emergency Communications by a
Richmond Sheriff’s deputy.
At the top
of the steps leading to the front entrance of the building, they located the
body of Jarrell L. Young, 31, of the 6900 block of Carnation Street. He
had been shot.
After
speaking with several eyewitnesses, RPD detectives quickly determined that the
gunshot was self-inflicted. No one else had been threatened or injured.
The Office
of the Medical Examiner will determine the exact cause and manner of death.
As a result
of the shooting, the John Marshall Courts building was closed for the rest of
the day. Richmond Sheriff’s Deputies conducted a slow, orderly evacuation of
the building; escorting people through a side exit.
Several
streets surrounding the building were blocked for a time but were gradually
re-opened.
