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A man in his late 20s was shot in the leg at a residence in the 1400 block of Williamsburg Road at around 11PM on Friday night as the result of a domestic dispute. He was taken to VCU Medical Center with a non-life threatening injury. Kevin Sheldon Samuels, 36, of the 1400 block of Williamsburg Road was arrested soon after and charged with aggravated assault. The weapon used in the shooting was found in the backyard of a neighboring residence.

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The Richmond Police Department is investigating the fatal shooting of a man in the 1300 block of Garber Street. Around 4 a.m. a citizen saw a man lying in the front yard of a residence and called Richmond Police. Officers arrived and found the man unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the victim of an apparent gunshot wound.

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From NBC12

Richmond police are investigating an overnight murder.

It happened around 2:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of Jennie Scher Road – in the Fulton neighborhood – in the city’s east end.

A police spokesperson said Shamarl O. Whittaker, 22 years old was found dead in his apartment after he was shot. When police arrived, they found Whittaker suffering from gunshot wounds.

It’s still very early in the investigation.

Police currently are following some solid leads at this hour.

Investigators are still there looking for clues and talking to neighbors to get an idea if anyone saw or heard anything overnight.

If you know anything that can help detectives, call Crime Stoppers at 780-1000.

Responding to reports of shooting at around 2:30AM this morning, Richmond Police found Shamarl O. Whittaker, 22, shot to death inside an apartment in the 1300 block of Jennie Scher Road. This is the 9th homicide in the East End in 2010 and Richmond’s 23rd this year.

Ashley Williams has been arrested and charged with the June 2009 death of her toddler son on the 1900 Block of Newman Road. She was charged in 2009, but the charges were later suspended. More evidence has recently come light, however, and the charges have been refiled.

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nbc12 has details on a break-in in the 1200 block of Garber Street:

Police say someone stole cash and took off with the family’s newest member, a 6-week-old pit bull puppy. It happened in the 1200 block of Garber Street and when news of a stolen pup spread, it didn’t sit well with residents.

The RTD has word on a robbery:

Richmond police officers are investigating the armed robbery of a Family Dollar store at 1720 Williamsburg Road. An employee was forced to empty the safe by an unknown male carrying a large handgun about 12:40 p.m. yesterday, Richmond Police Capt. Paul Kiniry said this morning.

The RTD is reporting that Jameal Smith was found shot to death last night at around 10:30PM last night in the 5500 block of Euclid Avenue.

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First Precinct – Sector 111
Community Report
April 2010
Lieutenant James J. Laino

During April, the Sector experienced a 32% decrease in Major Crime; an 11% increase in violent crime (9 incidents reported in 2009 compared to 10 in 2010) and a 39% decrease in property crime (59 incidents reported in 2009 compared to 36 in 2010). The 10 violent crimes reported included: 2 Homicides, 4 Aggravated Assaults, 2 Domestic Aggravated Assaults and 2 Commercial Robberies. Of the 10 violent incidents reported 4 have been cleared by arrest, 1 was cleared as a result of the death of the offender and the remaining 5 are still being investigated by detectives. The current trend in Property Crime remains to be thefts related to motor vehicles; however the trend appears to be slowing. This month there were 16 vehicles broken into, 3 vehicles and 3 mopeds stolen.

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