Police shoot, kill man in Richmond's East End

Richmond police shot a young man to death Monday afternoon on an East End street after the man allegedly opened fire on an officer who confronted him.Police said the man may have been one of three suspects being sought in an armed robbery of a woman on North 24th Street, about six blocks away from the fatal encounter, which began at 1:30 p.m. near Mosby Street and Fairmount Avenue. Police said the man fired on an officer who gave chase. The chase ended with what Police Chief Andre Parker described as "an exchange of some gunfire" that left the man dead in an alley behind the Marketplace 14 convenience store on Mosby, across the street from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. Yesterday's fatality marked the fourth police-related shooting this year and the 12th since June 2001. In eight of the 12 shootings, a suspect has died. Two years ago, Parker promised an independent study of his officers' use of force after a string of five fatal shootings between June 2001 and July 2002. Last month, however, Parker said the study had been called off on advice of the city attorney's office. [more ]

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[Pro Police]

Why is it all about color!You are able to sleep safe at night because of these men and women.Have you been charged with protecting life at all costs of people you dont even know?Do you know when you go to work you may not make it home? Probably not!!You need to walk a mile in their shoes before you pass judgement.A decision you have days and weeks to think about an officer has on seconds at best.Maybe they should all go home and not work and see where we would be without them!!Its not about black and white!!Its about right and wrong!! Pro police