Man killed on West Street in Petersburg; it's city's 16th homicide

Bill Atkinson, Petersburg Progress-Index
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PETERSBURG — Police are investigating the city's 16th murder of the year.

The male victim was found shot to death inside a car on West Street near Young Avenue in the city's west end. No victim identification, motive or suspect information has been released as of publication time.

Ward 1 Councilor Marlow Jones, a friend of the victim, wrote on Facebook Tuesday morning that he was "very numb to find out my Homie was gunned down."

It is the fourth straight homicide where the victim was found inside a vehicle, and the 16th murder recorded in Petersburg this year. The other victims are:

  • Javarius Desmore, killed March 14 on Pin Oaks Drive;

  • Antonio Walker, killed April 5 on Henrico Street;

  • Shaun Hankins, killed April 24 on Leavenworth Street;

  • Brian Chambers, killed May 24 at the Budget Inn on Jamestown Drive;

  • Tewana Williams, killed May 27 on Talley Avenue;

  • Anthony Williams, killed June 3 on Gillfield Drive;

  • K’Von Morgan (juvenile), killed June 17 at Pecan Acres Apartments;

  • Ke’Asia Powell, killed June 26 on East Wythe Street;

  • Lucky Dwayne Burress, killed June 26 on Berkeley Avenue;

  • Darrell D. Morton, killed July 6 at Crater Square Apartments;

  • Kirk Nims, killed July 11 on Halifax Street.

  • Johnny Englehart Jr., killed Aug. 8 on Rome Street;

  • Matthew Gibbs, 19, of Columbia, South Carolina, killed Aug. 24 on Wakefield Street;

  • Adrionna Brooks West, 20, of Chester, killed Sept. 3 in the 700 block of High Street; and

  • Fatin Ibn Hassan Rhone, 29, killed Sept. 24 at the intersection of North Boulevard and South Sycamore Street.

Arrests have been made in six of those slayings.

This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.

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