January 19, 2020
The Richmond Police Department’s
Special Operations Division-Traffic Crash Team is asking for the public’s
help in locating a vehicle believed to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run that
occurred Friday night in the city’s Northside.
At approximately 10 p.m. on Friday, January
17, officers responded to
the 2300 block of Chamberlayne Avenue for the report of a crash.
The suspect vehicle, a silver four-door 2001-2005 Lexus LS 430 (photo
attached), collided with another vehicle, which then hit several parked cars
and a pedestrian.
The pedestrian – identified as Grayland
A. Brooks, 62, of the 1400 block of N 30th Street – was taken to a local
hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
The suspect vehicle, which fled the scene
of the crash, will be missing part of the front bumper.
Anyone
with information about this vehicle or crash is asked to call Hit and Run
Investigator J. Deboard at (804) 646-1709.
