Suspect arrested after North Avenue vape shop worker killed

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a vape shop employee found shot to death on the city’s North Side last Saturday.

Detectives and U.S. Marshals located and arrested Justin Regis, 21, of Richmond, on Tuesday night without incident. He has been charged with armed robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Additional charges are pending.

Regis is accused in the death of Abidine Boye, 30, of Richmond, who was found unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound inside a business in the 4200 block of North Avenue near Moss Side around 5:30 a.m. Saturday. A passerby had spotted Boye down inside the store and called police. He was pronounced dead at the scene…

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