RICHMOND, Va. — A man was found dead in the trunk of a car on Dinwiddie Avenue Thursday afternoon in Richmond.
It’s the second murder in the city in 24 hours, and also the second shooting the victim endured within a month and a half, Crime Insider sources say.
Sources say the victim in the Dinwiddie Avenue shooting was the victim of a shooting on June 28, this time on Chamberlayne Avenue.
The victim was behind the wheel of a car when he was shot in the neck, and later rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
On Thursday, sources say he was the victim of another shooting, and this time, it was deadly.
“An individual was walking down the 1400 block of Dinwiddie Avenue when they noticed a vehicle parked off the road near the tree line and they found an adult male down and unresponsive in the vehicle, they contacted police,” Richmond Police Public Affairs Director James Mercante said.
WTVRMercante said the victim’s body was found in a gold 2002 Toyota Camry parked near the treeline.