Mayor Stoneyâs comment on fatal shootings in southside Richmond
A 30-year-old mother and her 3-month-old baby have died after a shooting Tuesday night at an apartment complex in South Richmond that injured three others, Police Chief Gerald Smith said Wednesday.
A 29-year-old woman, 15-year-old girl, and 11-year-old girl were also injured in the âmass shooting,â Smith said at a press conference Wednesday.
Police do not believe the women and children were the targets, but innocent bystanders who were outside, enjoying the weather in a courtyard at the Belt Atlantic apartments, formerly Midlothian Village apartments, in the 4000 block of Midlothian Turnpike when gunfire erupted around 6 p.m. Tuesday, Smith said.