A boy is expected to recover after being shot in Richmond on Sunday night, with police saying his injuries are not believed to be non-life-threatening. The shooting happened near the intersection of Chamberlayne Avenue and Azalea Avenue, an area that has seen other gun violence reports in recent months.
According to WWBT, Richmond police received calls about the shooting around 8:20 p.m. Sunday on Old Brook Road. Officers have not released the boy's age, and as of the station's report, no information about a possible suspect had been made public.
What Police Have Confirmed So Far
Beyond the location and the timing of the 911 calls, details remain sparse. Police have not released information about a possible suspect.
The Old Brook Road corridor was the scene of a shooting reported in 2016 that left a man hospitalized, according to Richmond Times-Dispatch / richmond.com.
A Separate Shooting Near Virginia Union
In another case earlier this year, a young person was injured in a shooting at apartments not far from Virginia Union University's campus early on a Sunday morning, per WTVR. Officers in that incident responded just after 12:45 a.m. to the 2000 block of Brook Road for a report of a person shot, and found a victim described as a juvenile male with an apparent gunshot wound to the foot. His injuries were also described as not life-threatening.
Major Crimes detectives were handling that investigation, and no suspect information or additional details were available at the time of WTVR's report.
Context Amid Citywide Crime Numbers
The shootings come as Richmond police have pointed to improving citywide trends. Per third-quarter crime data cited by WTVR, murders in the city were down 24% compared to the same period last year, while nonfatal shootings had decreased 15%. The underlying methodology and full dataset behind those figures were not detailed in that report.
The boy's age and any suspect details remain unreleased.
