Police chief: Shockoe Bottom shooting suspect is victim’s brother

RICHMOND, Va. — One of the three men charged with murder in the deadly Feb. 21 Shockoe Bottom mass shooting is the brother of one of the two victims killed that night, Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards confirmed Saturday.

Drevon Jackson-Brown, 25, of Henrico — who was taken into custody minutes before Saturday’s news conference — has been charged with first-degree murder, malicious wounding and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Edwards confirmed that Jackson-Brown is the brother of Dominic Jackson, 42, of Henrico County, one of two people killed in the shooting. Family members previously told Crime Insider Jon Burkett that Jackson was a father of two and a soon-to-be grandfather…

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