Man shot, killed near gas station in Petersburg

PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A man is dead after he was shot near a Petersburg gas station on Monday evening.

At 5:19 p.m. on Sept. 29, officers with the Petersburg Bureau of Police were called to the 1900 block of E. Washington Street for a report of a shooting.

Footage shared by an 8News viewer shows there was a heavy police presence at a nearby BP gas station at the time.

Once at the scene, officers reportedly found a man identified as Tyron R. Clanton, who had been shot…

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