Source: Richmond PD
City’s first homicide of year
By Lt. Donald Patchin, PIO, Richmond Police Department
On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at 11:46 PM, the Richmond PD Communications Center received a ShotSpotter (Gunfire detection system) notification of possible gunfire in the 900 block of 8th Street. Officers responded and checked the area but did not locate any evidence of a shooting.
On Thursday, July 10th, at 6:44 AM, the RPD Communications Center received a call about an unresponsive man lying on the sidewalk/ground in the 900 block of 9th Street. This location is one block east of the earlier ShotSpotter activation. Richmond Police officers responded to the area and located a male subject who had apparent gunshot wounds. Medical personnel responded and pronounced the victim deceased
RPD Homicide Detectives responded and are actively investigating.
This is the first homicide of 2025 in the City of Richmond.
Anyone with information regarding this homicide is urged to contact Homicide Detective Marecek at 510-621-1835 or KMarecek@RichmondPD.net.
Thursday morning, July 10, 2025, Richmond Police officers responded to reports of a man down in the. Officers responded and located a male victim who was unresponsive, suffering from an apparent gunshot injury.
Curious about this shots fired detection system, so is it possible the subject was shot the night before and because the police officers didn’t check one block to the right or left of this detection he was laying dying all night