RICHMOND, Va. — Two people were killed and seven others injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom neighborhood, police said. The gunfire was reported around 2:47 a.m. on North 18th Street.
According to Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards, an officer was already in the area and saw “a large commotion.” He said the officer saw what appeared to be a fight in the street with cars speeding away. She responded within seconds and found an adult woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
That woman has been identified by family as 23-year-old Genesis Jones of Petersburg, Crime Insider Jon Burkett reported. Police later identified the other victim as 42-year-old Dominic Jackson of Henrico.
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