UPDATE @ 7:26 a.m. (Feb. 12):
Wednesday night’s fatal shooting was the first and second homicides in Richmond, after six murders in 2015.
Richmond police say two groups of people pulled up in their vehicles, with Charles Atkinson in one car and Virgus Browning Jr. in the other.
At some point, the two men shot at each other. Police don’t know what happened before the gunfire.
“We are searching for no additional suspects at this point,” said Capt. Kevin Wampler of the Richmond Police Department. “It will soon be a closed case.”
Richmond police say after interviewing the witnesses, they don’t expect to charge anyone in connection to the shooting.
Police did make an arrest at the scene though — 40-year-old Lori Clark from Dayton was arrested for drug possession.
Ron Ayers has a business about a mile and a half from the shooting, and said the news was surprising.
“I mean you just don’t hear that much of it around here,” Ayers said.
UPDATE @ 11:17 a.m.:
Two people are dead following a shooting in the 1800 block of Industries Road, according to police.
Charles Atkinson, of Neosho, Missouri, was pronounced dead at the scene and Virgus Browning Jr., of Richmond, was transported to Reid Hospital where he later died from his injuries, officers said in a release.
Police said they suspect the two individuals involved in the shooting fired shots at each other and no further suspects are being sought.
INITIAL REPORT:
One person was shot and killed Wednesday night near the former Coca-Cola facility on Industries Road, according to our news partners at Kicks96.
The shooting happened at around 9:15 p.m. A second person also was shot but reportedly survived.
Police believe there were two shooters, according to the Kicks96 report.
A Dayton woman who was at the scene has been arrested for methamphetamine possession, but she has not been charged with the shooting. She’s been identified as 40-year-old Lori Clark.
The names of the victims have not been released.
Investigators questioned five people overnight after the fatal shooting.
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