COLONIAL HEIGHTS – Police have arrested one of the two suspects in connection with last week’s shooting at a pawn shop on the south end of town.
The person arrested is not the actual shooter, but instead is the suspected shooter’s mother. Doretha Fields, 60, of Petersburg reportedly assaulted the victim, then fled from the scene with her son in a pick-up truck.
The son, identified as Warren Darnell Fields Jr., 27, of Petersburg, is still at large, Colonial Heights Police Major Rob Ruxer said Monday afternoon.
The incident happened around 4:45 p.m. Feb. 2 at Cal’s, a pawn shop on the Boulevard at the mouth of the Martin Luther Ling Jr. Bridge connecting Colonial Heights with Petersburg. According to reports, Warren Fields and the victim – both employees of Cal’s — were arguing when Warren Fields allegedly pulled out a pistol and shot the victim several times.
After the shooting, Doretha Fields reportedly went over to the victim and hit him with a handgun. The truck then sped off north on the Boulevard.