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1 killed, 1 wounded after broad daylight apartment complex shooting

Posted at 11:41 AM, Jan 03, 2016
and last updated 2016-01-04 02:54:07-05

RICHMOND, Va. --Police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed one man and left another wounded at the at a Southside apartment complex Sunday.

Police were called to the 2200 block of Chateau Drive a little before 10 a.m.

When officers arrived at the Timber Creek Apartments, they found a male victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Timber Creek Apartments

Timber Creek Apartments

The victim was transported to VCU Medical Center where he was later died of his injuries.

"We have a second victim that was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injury," Deputy Chief Steve Drew with the Richmond Police Department said.

Detectives think the shooting spree, happened in broad daylight at the Timber Creek Apartments, may have started on the other side of the apartment complex.

Deputy Chief Steve Drew

Deputy Chief Steve Drew

Police said the witness accounts they have received regarding the incident are too inconsistent to provide a suspect description.

The shooting marks second homicide in Richmond in just 24 hours.

“We have good leads on both cases, good evidence and good witnesses,” Drew added.

Ashley Whitmore said she and her daughter woke up to find caution tape and flashing lights in front their home.

Ashley Whitmore

Ashley Whitmore

“She came in the hallway and she was like what happened and I said, ‘It’s a crime scene,’” Whitmore said.

Whitmore is stunned the incident happened in broad daylight.

“I could have been out here, or my sister… I mean bullets don`t have names on them so anybody could have been affected,” Whitmore said. “I would hope that people would get a heart and think about little kids and think about families they are affecting when they decide to make these decisions.”

Police are still investigating and ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.

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