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U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 8:09am neoform

SF Gate -- A 26-year-old mentally ill man died today following a struggle with four Richmond police officers, authorities said. The altercation occurred after officers were called to a Richmond home for mentally ill people at 3:11 a.m. because the man, Uriah Sams.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 15, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Police are investigating whether a man who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Richmond this afternoon committed suicide. Capital Corridor Joint Powers Authority spokeswoman Luna Salaver said the man, whose name was not released, was struck abo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Dec 18, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- A man was shot to death in Richmond tonight, bringing to 43 the number of homicides in the industrial East Bay city - exceeding last year's total of killings by one. The tragic new mark was set despite an effort earlier this year by protesters setting.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Eight people were shot and three of them died on a particularly violent day in Richmond on Tuesday, police said. The shootings took place in four different attacks throughout the day, starting at 9:45 a.m. in North Richmond and ending with a quadruple.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 28, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Three men are in custody in connection with two homicides in Richmond over the weekend, police said today. Two of the men were arrested in connection with the slaying Saturday of Davontae Wesley, 20, of Vallejo, who was found shot and killed about 6 p... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 21, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- A man was found shot to death in a home today in an unincorporated area north of Richmond, authorities said. Roberto Ocasio, 33, was found about 6:20 a.m. at a home on the 400 block of Linda Drive in the Montalvin Manor neighborhood, said Jimmy Lee, sp.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 10, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- A Richmond man was arrested by Las Vegas police Wednesday in the shooting death of a woman on an East Bay freeway, authorities said. Aaron Myers, 24, was taken into custody without incident, said Pinole police Cmdr. Peter Janke. Two other suspects, Mye.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 8:06am neoform

SF Gate -- Richmond police are investigating the slaying of a man who was beaten to death and then set on fire in an industrial area of the city, authorities said today. The victim, 27-year-old Michael Lee Williams of North Richmond, was unrecognizable when firef.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 31, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Two Richmond women have been slain in apparently unrelated attacks, the city's third and fourth homicides this year, police said Wednesday. A woman identified by the Contra Costa County coroner's office as Roshell Bernard-Flanagan, 35, was declared bra.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 21, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- A 57-year-old man was shot and killed this morning while walking along a residential street in Richmond, police said. The killing occurred on the first day of the police department's new deployment program that assigns all patrol officers to 12-hour sh.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 19, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Authorities today identified 18-year-old Alfonso Wright as the Richmond man shot to death in an apartment on the 400 block of South Ninth Street Monday night. Wright was shot with a pistol and was found around 7 p.m., police said. Word of his death cam.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Nov 13, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

SF Gate -- Seven people were shot in North Richmond on Monday evening, according to the Contra Costa County sheriff's office. A sheriff patrolling the unincorporated area heard gunshots at 4:50 p.m. and found one person shot at the intersection of Fifth and Marke.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 16, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- A Richmond community activist who has been lauded by city officials for his involvement in the tent city anti-violence movement was arrested today on suspicion of felony child molestation, authorities said. Robert O. Brown, 61, was arrested by Richmond.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 11, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

SF Gate -- PDT RICHMOND - A 40-year-old man was shot to death late Tuesday as he stood in front of his home in Richmond's Iron Triangle area, police said today. Police are unsure whether Gregory Rixter was the target of the shooting or the victim of random violen.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 10, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- An autopsy has revealed that a person found burned beyond recognition inside a car in Richmond on Saturday was a female, police said today. Investigators originally believed that the victim was a man, said Richmond police Lt. Mark Gagan. The woman,.. Read More