RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards is calling for action from the community in the wake of a surge in gun violence that has left five people dead over the past nine days, including four children.
“It’s been a very tough week for us,” Chief Edwards said. “A lot of people shot. A lot of innocent lives that were lost. We just need people to put these guns down.”
The most recent victim was 15-year-old Dora Hill , who police say was shot and killed by another teenager in the Jackson Ward neighborhood Wednesday evening…