Update: Saturday, 6:39 p.m. Richmond Police 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.
In a news conference at noon from the scene with Richmond Mayor Danny Avula, Police Chief Rick Edwards asked anyone with information to contact detectives, to include vehicle owners and business owners if they discover further damage from gunfire.
Edwards also asked anyone who recorded video of the confrontations which led to the shootings to send the videos to (804) 546-7323.
You may also contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000 anonymously or call the non-emergency number at (804) 646-5100.
First report: Saturday, 1:10 p.m. A 23-year-old woman is among two people dead after gunfire erupted in front of a restaurant in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom early Saturday morning.
Genesis Jones, 23, had been in the city’s entertainment district celebrating her younger brother’s birthday, her older brother told Richmond TV station WTVR, and was an innocent bystander to the altercation and shooting that killed two and injured seven others.
According to Richmond Police, an officer on patrol observed a large crowd engaged in apparent confrontations on North 18th Street.
The officer responded and found an adult female, Jones, down and unresponsive with apparent gunshot wounds.
Jones was pronounced dead at the scene.
“We were outside of Mamacita’s, we heard a few shots go off, like 10 to 15 shots,” Genesis Jones’s older brother, Zekiah Jones, told WTVR. “One of them actually went past my head and hit the building.”
Additional officers arrived and found an unnamed adult male 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.
One of the victims, a male, has injuries that are considered life-threatening, and three males and three females with injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
The Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of the deaths.
Anyone with information about this incident 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.
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