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http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/EASTGAT23_20090423-001004/263146/
By Staff Reports
Published: April 23, 2009
Richmond police say they have arrested the man who fatally shot another man trying to break into an auto in the 2100 block of East Leigh Street about 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
They have charged Eric G. Driver, Jr., 25, of the 500 block of North 22nd St., with second degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, police said.
Police identified the dead man as Jamal Holman, 24, who was taken to VCU Medical Center, where he expired.
Holman "had broken into a vehicle" and Driver confronted him, police spokesman James Mercante said in a release. This "led to an altercation resulting in the shooting of Holman," Mercante said.
Victims' advocate Alicia Rasin, who lives in the area, said she heard the gunshots and thought it was a car backfiring.
"It was very shocking for me to drive up on it, to see somebody lying there," she said.
Rasin said it was the first time someone has been killed in the area in the more than 50 years that she has been living there.
"It's peaceful. The neighbors get along with each other," Rasin said. "This was very shocking but very sad. I don't know what happened, but I feel as a Christian I still have to pray for that young man, pray for them all."
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/EASTGAT23_20090423-001004/263146/
By Staff Reports
Published: April 23, 2009
Richmond police say they have arrested the man who fatally shot another man trying to break into an auto in the 2100 block of East Leigh Street about 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
They have charged Eric G. Driver, Jr., 25, of the 500 block of North 22nd St., with second degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, police said.
Police identified the dead man as Jamal Holman, 24, who was taken to VCU Medical Center, where he expired.
Holman "had broken into a vehicle" and Driver confronted him, police spokesman James Mercante said in a release. This "led to an altercation resulting in the shooting of Holman," Mercante said.
Victims' advocate Alicia Rasin, who lives in the area, said she heard the gunshots and thought it was a car backfiring.
"It was very shocking for me to drive up on it, to see somebody lying there," she said.
Rasin said it was the first time someone has been killed in the area in the more than 50 years that she has been living there.
"It's peaceful. The neighbors get along with each other," Rasin said. "This was very shocking but very sad. I don't know what happened, but I feel as a Christian I still have to pray for that young man, pray for them all."