Victims Identified, Update on North 18th Street Shootings
Richmond Police detectives have
identified two individuals in the fatal shootings on North 18th
Street this morning as Genesis Jones, a 23-year-old female from Petersburg,
and Dominic Jackson, a 42-year-old male from Henrico County.
Several vehicles damaged or believed
involved have been towed and are being held for investigation. RPD officers and
detectives have seized two firearms at this stage of the investigation and the
RPD Forensic Unit collected multiple bullet casings from the area of the
shootings. RPD detectives will leverage assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to analyze the bullet casings and provide
other assistance in this investigation.
In a news conference at noon from the
scene with Richmond Mayor Danny Avula, RPD Chief Rick Edwards asked anyone with
information to contact detectives, to include vehicle owners and business
owners if they discover further damage from gunfire. Chief Edwards also asked
anyone who recorded video of the confrontations which led to the shootings to
send the videos to (804) 546-7323. One may also contact Crime
Stoppers at (804) 780-1000 anonymously or call the non-emergency number at (804)
646-5100.
At approximately 2:47 a.m., a
Richmond Police Department officer on patrol in Shockoe Bottom observed a large
crowd engaged in apparent confrontations in the 00-block of North 18th
Street. The officer responded and found an adult female, Jones, down and
unresponsive with apparent gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the
scene.
Additional officers arrived and found an
adult male, Jackson, down and unresponsive. He had also suffered apparent
gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Four other adults were located who had
suffered gunshot wounds. All four were transported to a local hospital. Three
other adults with gunshot wounds were transported by personal vehicles to local
hospitals. In total, nine adults were shot in this incident: a male and a
female with fatal injuries, a female with injuries that are considered life
threatening, and four males and two females with injuries that are not
considered life threatening.
Detectives with the RPD Major Crimes
division are continuing to investigate.
Anyone with information about these
shootings is asked to call Major Crimes Detective J.
DeBoard at (804) 646-6795 or contact 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.
