January 4, 2020
Richmond Police detectives have identified the victim from yesterday’s homicide on Chamberlayne Avenue as William O. Hurt, 29, of the 900 block of East Brookland Park Boulevard.
At approximately 7:06 a.m., officers were called to a hotel
in the 2600 block of Chamberlayne Avenue for the report of a shooting. Officers
arrived and found Hurt down and unresponsive in a hotel room. He had suffered
an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death.