Posted on 05/02/2014 6:16:19 PM PDT by stirrinthepuddin
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) — A teenage male is being medically evaluated as part of a homicide investigation is in its early stages. It’s after an alleged assault on two children that left one dead, in South Richmond, near the 200 block of Brandon Road.
Police have warrants for the suspect’s arrest who is being described as teenage black male.
Richmond Police on scene confirmed that two juveniles, under the age of 13 were assaulted, one who succumbed to his injuries. The other has been taken to the hospital.
The aunt of the juveniles told CBS 6 Reporter Jon Burkett that Thursday afternoon the two children, a brother and sister, were playing on the railroad tracks.
The aunt told CBS 6 that the children came across a man who attempted to rape the 12-year-old girl.
Her brother, age eight, attempted to intervene, the aunt said (original ages told to CBS 6 were 9 and 11, but family corrected their statement).
The boy was beaten to death attempting to save his sister, the aunt told CBS 6.
The original suspect description given was limited to a white male with scraggly hair. But during the course of the police investigation, that description changed to a teenage black male.
Police said the surviving victim was “threatened and intimidated by the suspect” into initially giving inaccurate information. The case remains under investigation and police have not yet spoken publicly about the circumstances that led to the the child’s death.
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I HATE making these nOOb mistakes!
Nice to have you here...
Thank You! 8)
In other news Al Sharpton’s private jet made a U turn in mid air.
Another five years and you can look back on these days and laugh d:^)
(welcome)
That would bust up the pity party.
Trauma? Could it be possible that she doesn’t remember accurately because she was being threatened?
Prayers for their parents.
......a little 8 year old boy defending his sister and the sob kills him...............good grief!......literally makes me ill!
I wonder if this courageous young man who laid down his life for the honor, dignity and life of his sister will get the admiration and reverence that was rendered to Trayvon?
This is a tragedy. I hope the scum receives what he deserves.
What an amazing little brother. Prayers for the family their heart ache is beyond comprehension
A little boy is dead beaten to death......this is NOT even in the same category. Where is your humanity???
Ummmm hate to tell you but the demographics of Richmond are way different than Portalnd
Now he has the keys to the Kingdom
Nah you don’t have to walk that lightly. You do need a thick skin. The best thing is that some of the folks will let you know if you are getting way out of line. As long as you pay attention to the hints you will be good to go.
Yes, absolutely. Well said. The focus of this story should be on that brave boy. Those interested on promoting some sort of all-blacks-are-violent agenda should look elsewhere this time.
This is NOT one to mock or make fun of. My Lord have we gotten to the point where we are unable to have any empathy for the family of the dead????
Yes..I’ve actually been to Richmond and was impressed with the beauty of the buildings and the history. And of course, a very different world from Portland.
For whatever reason we don’t seem to have a ton of racial problems here. In fact, the head of our dept at the well known Fortune 500 company where I work, is a black guy. My boss is a black guy. Their color does not matter to me.
Sadly not.
Reminds me of the events in the book Bonfire of the Vanities. Pretty well describes Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
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