UPDATE: Victim Identified in Raven Street Death Investigation, Detectives Clarify Crime Scenes
Richmond Police detectives, investigating the four persons shot on Monday, have determined there were two shooting scenes, the 2100 block of Ford Avenue and the 1900 block of Raven Street.
Quickly following the shootings on Ford Avenue, which resulted in the homicide of a juvenile male, 15, and an injury to a juvenile male, 14, shots were fired about a block away among a large gathering of people on Raven Street. Two adult males were shot at this scene. Lavaris Harris, 24, of Richmond, later succumbed to his injuries.
On Monday at approximately 11:10 p.m., officers were called to the 1900 block of Raven Street for the report of a shooting. Officers arrived and were notified that several individuals had been shot and had been transported to VCU Medical Center by personal vehicles.
Officers arrived at the hospital where the juvenile male who had been shot in the incident on Ford Avenue was pronounced dead. Harris succumbed to his injury early on Tuesday.
Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to call Detective C. Tovar at (804) 646-6739 or Detective M. Godwin at (804) 646-5533 or call Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. The P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones also may be used. All Crime Stoppers reporting methods are anonymous.
