East Main Street Apartment Death Investigation

Richmond Police detectives are in the early stages of a death investigation. At approximately 12:40 a.m., police received several calls of gunfire at the American Heritage Apartments, located at 1001 E. Main St. Officers arrived and found two males in an upper floor hallway suffering from gunshot wounds. One male was dead at the scene. The other male was transported to VCU Medical Center with injuries that are considered life threatening. The Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death. Detectives are working several leads but ask anyone with information about this crime to call Crime Stoppers at 780-1000 or text Crime Stoppers at 274637, using the key word “ITip” followed by your tip. Both methods are anonymous.