Saturday, January 4, 2020

Victim Identified in Chamberlayne Avenue Homicide

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.

Detectives ask anyone with any information about this incident to call Major Crimes Detective M. Godwin at (804) 646-5533 or Crime Stoppers at 780-1000