Suspect Charged
in Homicide in Business on Richmond Highway
Following
indictment by a grand jury, the suspect in the homicide of Kamarr Hall, 50,
of Richmond, in a business on Richmond Highway on December 13, has been
charged in connection to multiple incidents.
Following multiple
investigations, Mark Palmer, 60, of Richmond, has been charged with
homicide, attempted robbery with a firearm and use of a firearm in the
commission of a felony x2 for the homicide on December 13.
Palmer has been
charged with attempted robbery and use of a firearm in an attempted robbery for
the attempted robbery of an employee of a business in the 5200 block of Hull
Street Road on December 11.
Palmer has been
charged with robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony for a
robbery of an employee of a business in the 1200 block of Westover Hills
Boulevard on December 8.
Palmer has been
charged with robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony for a
robbery of an employee of a business in the 5100 block of Hull Street Road
on November 26.
At approximately
4:50 p.m., on Wednesday, December 13, officers were called to a business in the
3300 block of Richmond Highway for the report of a robbery and a report
of a person shot. Officers arrived and found an adult male employee, Hall,
inside the business suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was
transported to a local hospital where
he succumbed to his injury.
Detectives
have been working on several robbery and attempted robbery cases and connected
Palmer to those crimes and the homicide.
“All of us in
the city of Richmond are safer because this suspect is in custody,” said
Chief Rick Edwards. “I extend my profound appreciation to the teams of
detectives who worked these cases and who successfully delivered this case,
with coordination from the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney, to the grand
jury.”
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