Richmond homicides in 2013

Last update: January 2, 2014; 8:30 AM

In 2013, Richmond saw 37 homicides, which ties 2011 for the second fewest murders in one year since 1992 (the first year we have monthly homicide data available from the Richmond Police Department). 2008 stands as the low-water mark for Richmond murders with 36.

You can view monthly murder totals dating back to 1992 in this Google spreadsheet.

  • The longest stretch in 2013 without a killing was 33 days, spanning from March 18th to April 20th.
  • There were zero murders in the Museum District or the Near West End.
  • There were seven months with two or fewer murders and three months (May, August, and December) with six or more. The average number of murders per month in 2013 was 3.08.
  • The youngest victim was an infant and the oldest was 54 years old.

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Homicides in 2013: 37

You can find this map’s data in a public Google fusion table.

 

2013 homicides by month

2013 Richmond homicides by month

 

2013 homicides by area of town

2013 Richmond homicides by area of town

 

2013 homicides by age of victim

2013 Richmond homicides by age of victim

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2013 homicide victims

Cleared cases have been grayed out.

  1. 1/21 • Elbert D. Lynch, 32 • details »
  2. 2/9 • Keon J. Robinson, 27 • details »
  3. 2/17 • Jared P. Ellison, 34 • details »
  4. 3/18 • Dwayne J. Fleming, 27 • details »
  5. 4/20 • Christine Mae Squire, 33 • details »
  6. 4/23 • William H. Jackson, 27 • details »
  7. 5/11 • Dominique Richardson, 29 • details »
  8. 5/18 • Ricky Jones, 54 • details »
  9. 5/19 • Larry A. Austin, 28 • details »
  10. 5/21 • Larry R. Pittman, 21 • details »
  11. 5/23 • Rameik A. Nixon, 28 • details »
  12. 5/26 • Robert L. Bowman Jr., 31 • details »
  13. 5/28 • Infant Robinson • details »
  14. 6/16 • Darvis M. McLaughlin, 22 • details »
  15. 7/2 • Jett Higham, 18 • details »
  16. 7/21 • Joel S. Heatley, 46 • details »
  17. 8/2 • James E. Rousey Jr., 25 • details »
  18. 8/5 • LeSean L. Cosby, 31 • details »
  19. 8/7 • Samuel L. Washington, 20 • details »
  20. 8/10 • Zekei Johnson, 18
  21. 8/17 • Garrick Lamont Ellis, 18 • details »
  22. 8/18 • Victor Amilcar Soriano Aviles, 40
  23. 9/8 • Danyale K. Herring, 24
  24. 9/24 • Robert L. Poag, 29
  25. 9/27 • Angel Hernandez, 50
  26. 10/4 • Marquis J. Richardson, 18 • details »
  27. 10/6 • Toren Waller, 23
  28. 10/19 • George Redmond Jr., 40
  29. 10/19 • James Nash, 31
  30. 11/3 • Jeremy J. Meredith, 21
  31. 11/10 • Rodney S. White, 22
  32. 12/5 • Samuel L. McFail Jr., 29 • details »
  33. 12/13 • Virginia L. Thomas, 45
  34. 12/14 • Tremayne R. Thompson, 23
  35. 12/19 • Della C. Scott, 44 details »
  36. 12/25 • Adam Jamal El, 25 details »
  37. 12/29 • Sheena Green, 26

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Corrections / updates

  • 6/2 • Roosevelt Byrd, 24 • details » — ruled justifiable

 

Yearly homicides since 1992

Yearly homicides since 1992

This data is available as a public Google Docs spreadsheet.

 

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