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Police find man shot to death on city’s Southside

Posted at 5:51 AM, Oct 25, 2015
and last updated 2015-10-26 16:31:18-04

RICHMOND, Va. --  Richmond police are asking the community's help to solve the city's latest homicide.

Officers responded to reports of a person lying in the street in the 2500 block of Powell Road around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

Police found the victim unresponsive and suffering from a gunshot wound.

Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

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The neighborhood.

Police have not released the victim's name and investigators have not made any arrests.

Residents are saddened by gun violence and remember a time when things were different in the neighborhood.

 Lamarr Harris

Lamarr Harris

“When I was coming up, might get into a little fight and brush it off and tomorrow you guys are best friends,” said Lamarr Harris, who owns a business in the neighborhood. “But now if you get into a squabble somebody goes and gets a gun and comes and kills you.”

If you have any information that could help investigators, call Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.

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