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 noticed “a large commotion” — what appeared to be a fight in the street with cars speeding away. She responded within seconds, arriving to find an adult woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
That woman’s family identified her as 23-year-old Genesis Jones, Crime Insider Jon Burkett reported.
Sources told CBS 6 that Jones was in Shockoe Bottom celebrating her brother’s birthday and was simply walking through the neighborhood when she was shot.
Chief Edwards said additional responding officers found an adult man with gunshot wounds. He, too, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards on mass shooting
At the scene, officers discovered four other victims with injuries considered non-life-threatening. They were transported to hospitals by the Richmond Ambulance Authority. Later, police learned that three more victims arrived at hospitals via private vehicles.
In total, Edwards said nine people were shot:
Two deceased: one adult female (Genesis Jones) and one adult male
Three adult males wounded
Four adult females wounded
What led up to the shooting
Chief Edwards said, “At this point, it seems like a fight started. Individuals intervened in that fight, and shots were fired. They were all in the middle of the street… in the 0–100 block of North 18th Street.”
He called the incident “frustrating,” noting that it was a relatively quiet night until the shooting.
“This is what I say all the time — if you’re carrying firearms, you can’t engage in a normal fight, because it escalates like it did tonight. One person starts shooting, multiple people start shooting,” Edwards said. “There were at least two shooters, and we expect some of the information we have will change as the investigation continues.”
Chaos in Shockoe Bottom
Witnesses told CBS 6 they heard what sounded like automatic gunfire getting closer and closer. Bartenders at a bar near 18th and Franklin said customers ducked behind the bar for safety.
Burkett described the scene as “mad chaos” — with cars riddled with bullets, patrons scrambling for shelter, and forensic teams collecting shell casings from vehicles and streets.
When asked about collateral damage, Chief Edwards confirmed “several cars have been hit by bullets.” Investigators are reviewing footage from multiple surveillance cameras and using other technology to identify suspects.
Crime scene stretches across multiple blocks
Police have shut down parts of Shockoe Bottom as they process the large crime scene. Streets are blocked from 17th and Main to 19th and Main, and also around 18th and Franklin.
Authorities are urging anyone with information to call Richmond Police at 804-780-1000 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously.
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