Shooting on East Seminary

Update Here is an account of what went down last night. The homeowner got up at 3 am to go purchase a decongestant because he couldn’t sleep. Before leaving the house for the garage, he noticed that there was a man in his back yard. He told his wife to call the police and left […]

August 5, 2009; 9:36 AM • by North Richmond News

Update

Here is an account of what went down last night.

The homeowner got up at 3 am to go purchase a decongestant because he couldn’t sleep. Before leaving the house for the garage, he noticed that there was a man in his back yard. He told his wife to call the police and left the house with his shotgun. The intruder was moving the security lights so that he would not been seen when the homeowner returned. The intruder turned towards him instead of fleeing so he fired and hit the intruder. The intruder was then climbing the 9’ security fence and the neighbor fired a second shot well away from the intruder to ensure that he would leave. By 5 am the blood hounds had tracked the blood to a Chamberlayne Apartment one block north and found the suspect bleeding inside. He was hit in the head and back, but is expected to fully recover. The suspect is at MCV for treatment and then arrest.

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Last night I called 911 to report what sounded like gun shots North of my house (on the 4500 block of E. Seminary) at 3.30am. This morning I wake up to find this in the RPD daily incidents of interest:

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (SHOOTING)

8/5/09
3:32 a.m.
4800 block of East Seminary Road
A male was reported he was shot twice by an unknown male. His injuries are not life threatening.

A couple of things:

I realize I normally don’t post “routine” incidents like this, BUT! It happened a couple of blocks from my house. So, that is pretty creepy for me personally.
~~E. Seminary drops a couple blocks here and there, so I don’t think there is a 4800 E. Seminary. So this probably happened in the alley between 4600 E. Seminary and 4800 Chamberlayne.~~ Ok there is a 4800 block of E. Seminary. Jk Jk.

Nuts!