PETERSBURG, Va. — A memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 28, at noon at Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Petersburg for Genesis Jones, one of the two people killed in a mass shooting in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom last weekend. A public visitation will be held on Friday, Feb. 27, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Petersburg Chapel of Bland Funeral Home.
Jones was killed early Saturday morning when gunfire erupted in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom neighborhood, leaving two people dead and seven others injured. The mass shooting marks the city’s most violent incident so far in 2026.
The 23-year-old was in the city’s entertainment district with loved ones to celebrate her younger brother’s birthday when the shooting occurred…