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Suspect Sought in Southwood Parkway Homicide

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Charles Benjamin Kirby Charles Benjamin Kirby
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RICHMOND, VA—Richmond Police are asking for the public's help to locate a man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Richmond's Southside last month.

Charles Benjamin Kirby, 24, of no fixed address, is wanted for conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the July 17 shooting death of a 24-year-old man.

Kirby is described as a male with a light-bown complexion who weighs about 190 pounds and is approximately 6'1" feet tall. He may have tried to change his appears by cutting off his long dreadlocks/braids and may now be clean shaven. He also has a tattoo on the right side of his neck.


Marcus J. Williams, 24, of Chesterfield was shot outside the Southwood Apartment Complex on July 17. Detectives said robbery was the likely motive for the shooting.


Officers were dispatched to the apartment complex at 6:02 p.m. in response to a 911 call that shots had been fired in the vicinity.


When officers arrived, they found one victim, a black male in his mid-20s, dead of apparent multiple gunshot wounds. His body was in the passenger seat of a silver, four-door sedan parked in the 4600 block of Southwood Parkway.


Anyone with any information about Kirby's whereabouts is asked to call Det. Gary Bailey at (804) 646-6743 or Crime Stoppers at 780-1000. Citizens may also text Crime Stoppers at 274637, using the key word "ITip" followed by your tip. Both Crime Stoppers methods are anonymous.


 
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