RICHMOND, Va. — Timothy Ward, a maintenance man at a Richmond laundering facility, was shot and killed by a man trying to steal a truck, Crime Insider Sources told Jon Burkett.
Co-worker Shirley Harris said she and others who work at the laundry facility will miss Ward, 34, and his "can-do" attitude.
"He was friends with everybody, a nice guy out here doing yard work,” Harris said. “That's his stuff right there."
On November 4, the day of Ward’s death, he was working outside when he saw a man trying to take off with his truck, sources told Burkett. Ward gave chase in an attempt to stop the thief and ended up crossing Fairfield Way into the parking lot of the Richmond Justice Center, where he was shot and killed, those sources said.
Richmond Police arrested Naim Crews in connection to Ward's homicide.
Crews, police said, has been charged in connection to an attempted murder at a convenience store on Mechanicsville Turnpike, a shooting that happened the day before Ward’s death.
"An employee of a convenience store in the 1400 block of Mechanicsville Turnpike reported an adult male entered the store, demanded money, and started to shoot. The employee, an adult male, returned fire and was struck and injured," a Richmond Police spokesperson said. "The suspect was not injured and left the area. Officers arrived and the victim was transported to a local hospital with injuries that were considered life-threatening. Following the investigation, Crews Jr. has been charged with attempted murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony for the shooting on Mechanicsville Turnpike."
Sources say evidence from Ward's death will be put in front of a Grand Jury to decide if Crews will be indicted in the shooting.
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly attributed crimes that a member of Crews' family was charged with to Crews himself. CBS 6 regrets the error.
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