RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond families are asking “why” after a string of shootings over Valentine’s Day weekend and a fatal shooting in Whitcomb Court Monday morning.
Community members say they’re tired of gun violence plaguing some Richmond neighborhoods.
“You wake up with murder in your heart? That’s malicious,” said Valerie Coley, a pastor and community activist who volunteers with Richmond’s Trauma Response Network, an organization that works together to prevent and respond to violence in Richmond neighborhoods.
Coley was at the scene Monday morning shortly after someone was shot and killed on Bethel Street in the Whitcomb Court community.
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“Another young man, African American, who didn’t even have the fulfillment of what life is supposed to be,” Coley said…