RICHMOND, Va. -- Crime Insider sources tell CBS 6 that an arrest has been made in connection to the deadly December robbery of a Richmond Dollar General store.
Sources say that 60-year-old Mark Palmer, the man believed to have been involved in the fatal shooting of a Dollar General employee, has been charged by Richmond police in connection to that murder and several other dollar store robberies.
Palmer was indicted by a grand jury and charged with the following, in connection to the December 13 murder of Kamarr Hall, a Dollar General employee:
- Homicide
- Attempted robbery with a firearm
- Two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Palmer was also charged with the following crimes related to three separate robberies, all of which took place in November and December 2023:
December 11, 5200 block of Hull Street Road:
- Attempted robbery of an employee of a business
- Use of a firearm in an attempted robbery
December 8, 1200 block of Westover Hills Boulevard:
- Robbery of an employee of a business
- Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony
November 26, 5100 block of Hull Street Road:
- Robbery of an employee of a business
- Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony
In a statement, Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said the following regarding Palmer's arrest:
“All of us in the city of Richmond are safer because this suspect is in custody. I extend my profound appreciation to the teams of detectives who worked these cases and who successfully delivered this case, with coordination from the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney, to the grand jury.”
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