A man was fatally shot and another was wounded Thursday in South Richmond, one of three shootings in the city within about eight hours.
Police said they responded to the intersection of Wythemar Street and Larchmont Lane — two blocks south of Midlothian Turnpike — about 8:15 p.m. Officers found Aaron C. Moody, 21, of the 1900 block of Raven Street, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
A second man was suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was hospitalized.
The other two shootings on Thursday left two men with wounds that were not considered life-threatening, according to police.
About 11:10 p.m., officers responded to a call for multiple gunshots fired into a residence in the 2100 block of Willoughby Court, south of Hull Street Road. Officers found a man who suffered a graze wound to his shoulder, and he was treated at the scene.
Earlier, about 3:30 p.m., officers responded to the 2300 block of Fairfield Avenue and located a man who had been shot.
Police ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. You can also contact Crime Stoppers by going to www.7801000.com or using the P3 Tips app for smartphones.
Anyone with further information can also call Major Crimes Detective J. Crewell at (804) 646-5324.
All Crime Stoppers methods are anonymous.
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Another citizen dead, three more wounded, all at the end of a gun barrel. In other large first world democracies shootings of all types happen much less frequently than in the USA because of tough common sense gun control laws. It’s time for our legislators to enable our citizens to live with much less fear of being shot that is enjoyed by citizens of other countries like England, Canada, Germany, fewer guns = fewer gun deaths
Government propaganda just like the "weapons of mass destruction" and "if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor" lies.
If you are concerned about “government propaganda “ then you must hate Rump! “President Trump has made 10,796 false or misleading claims over 869 days”
A 2005 Supreme Court ruling sates that that the police do not have a constitutional duty to protect citizens. Citizens must take personal responsibility for their own self-defense by purchasing a gun and obtaining a concealed carry permit. A $10 million study that was commissioned by President Barack Obama in January of 2013 concluded that firearms used for self-defense are an Important Crime Deterrent.
Oh? This CDC? “Flawed CDC gun violence data concerns researchers”. “Led by FiveThirtyEight and The Trace, the analysis—outlined in an October 4, 2018 FiveThirtyEight article—found that the CDC flagged its own data as “unstable and potentially unreliable,” yet an agency spokesperson told reporters that CDC experts are “confident that the sampling and estimation methods are appropriate.“. Do you have any reliable stats???
Victims and suspects are incapable of conflict resolution. If guns weren’t available they’d be using knives.
Knives are more survivable, less efficient killing tools , and have benefits to society that far outweigh their risks. Guns only kill.
Again Despicable you show total and complete lack of knowledge on this issue. But keep posting as the laughs are good.
Again Jerky you show total and complete lack of knowledge on this issue. But keep posting as the laughs are good.
Knives require as certain amount of physical prowess to be used effectively for self defense. An 80 year old grandmother can defend herself against a 200 pound meth head with a gun. Your reasoning places the most frail and weak individuals at the mercy of criminals.
Please sight the case where an 80-year old grandmother fended of the assault by a 200 pound meth head by owning a gun. Meanwhile, 9-year old girls are being dropped in our parks. Let’s get guns out of the hands of meth heads AND the random shooter in the public park... still not been caught.
Another citizen dead, three more wounded, all at the end of a gun barrel. In other large first world democracies shootings of all types happen much less frequently than in the USA because of tough common sense gun control laws. It’s time for our legislators to enable our citizens to live with much less fear of being shot that is enjoyed by citizens of other countries like England, Canada, Germany, fewer guns = fewer gun deaths
Take away all of the guns from law abiding citizens, right Drake? Abolish the 2nd Amendment? Is that what you are proposing?
Nope!
Yes he is as he advocates what some countries have done that have lead to criminals and terrorists killing more people each year. He has never, repeat never, said one thing about punishment for people who harm others with guns. Just the same old same old repetitive statements. So he absolutely wants to disarm Americans.
I have said lots about people who perform the crimes... they should be punished. And based on the fact that the USA imprisons more of its citizens than any other country on the planet it is apparent that punishment is a weak deterrent. But there is no doubt that people in ehe other large first world democracies fear being shot much less thanks to their tough common sense gun control laws. “British people do have the ability to purchase firearms, but they are strictly controlled. It is not all that difficult to get a shotgun license if you live in the countryside, and I know people who legally own .22 rifles for the purpose of killing rabbits and wood pigeons on farmland. However, handguns were outlawed in 1997, and only the police and military are permitted to carry automatic weapons. I do not want it to be any easier than it is now to legally purchase a gun, and I know very few people who do. I don’t want to buy a gun because I have no need for one. More importantly, there are plenty of other people around who can’t be trusted with a gun, and I want it to be as difficult as possible for them to buy guns. I would be uncomfortable if it were made easier to buy firearms. The U.K. has one of the lowest rates of gun homicides in the world, and I like it that way. Our society does not have any problems that would be solved by introducing more guns “
Flaky Drakie …. what was on the other end of the gun barrel, the whatever with their finger on the gun's trigger? Hallelujah, Checkmate, and period.
Spacy Peter... if the gun ain’t there it don’t matter what’s on either end of it... nobody gets shot. Annnnd touchè!
Guns are all over the place Dd and yet only a few kill people and that is because of the finger attached to the person operating the gun. Nogun has every killed anyone without human intervention.
Drake ….. with you only interested in the gun, and not the shooter, people will always get shot. Duh ….. Hallelujah, Checkmate, and period
Without a gun physical prowess determines who lives and who dies. Grandma gets the tar kicked out of her by a raging 200 pound meth head.
Please sight the case where an 80-year old grandmother fended of the assault by a 200 pound meth head by owning a gun. Meanwhile, 9-year old girls are being dropped in our parks. Let’s get guns out of the hands of meth heads AND the random shooter in the public park... still not been caught.
Spacy Peter would not like fewer people getting shot. He is satisfied that “people will always get shot”. Tough common sense gun control laws in the other large first world democracies result in far far fewer people getting shot. Let’s go with that. Annnd... touchè!
Jerky J-roam considers 10’s of thousands of Americans, many many times more than in other large first world democracies with tough common sense gun control laws, to be acceptable collateral damage so he will not be inconvenienced getting a gun. Gun nuts truly are deplorable.
You're still spewing government propaganda. These so called first world democracies also supported the "weapons of mass destruction lie" put forward by the US government. You are extremely gullible and completely out of your league in this discussion.
You are still not making sense. You mean the lie Bush and Cheney republicans foisted on the world? Regardless, those nations have many many few citizens die from shootings than the USA lets have more Americans survive!
Another day, more killings ….. Where is Drake …. Maybe we need a test case on gun ownership by having tougher gun laws like Chicago for one year to see how well that works. Hallelujah, and period.
It's worked well in Chiraq. To date, only 254 shot and killed and 1179 shot and wounded.
There would be SO many more shootings in Chicago without their gun control laws. Annnd touchè!
And how have all those gun control laws worked to prevent shootings in Chicago. What was it last weekend something like 17+ dead and 50+ shot. Yea tell us how well those laws are working Double Dumb.
Still so many fewer shootings than with no gun control laws. It’s just a shame Chicago is constrained from getting tougher on guns by the state of Illinois and our own federal government.
You're wrong again as usual. Criminals would not be emboldened by the knowledge that law abiding citizens are unarmed without the unconstitutional gun laws of Chicago.
Yeah. They have criminals in other large first world democracies too. But tough common sense gun control laws reduce the availability of guns resulting in far far fewer shootings than in the USA.
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