City cop shot, man killed in gunfight Wednesday
Jeremy M. Lazarus | 8/7/2015, 12:32 p.m.
A Richmond Police officer was wounded and an armed man was killed during a gunfight Wednesday evening near South Meadow and West Cary streets in the West End, police reported.
While details are still sketchy, the incident began around 5:21 p.m. near DJ Market and Deli, police reported, when two officers responded to a report of an armed man.
The officers spotted the man and approached him, police said. The man ran away, the officers chased him and then gunfire was exchanged, police said.
The dead man has not been identified.
The officer, who also has not been identified, was rushed to VCU Medical Center. Preliminary reports indicated he was shot in the arm. Police said his injuries are not life-threatening.
Police Chief Alfred Durham and Mayor Dwight C. Jones visited the officer at the hospital. “Chief says officer will be okay,” according to a tweet on the department’s Twitter feed.
Another officer was reported injured while driving to the shooting. The officer’s vehicle struck a sidewalk and a pole at Broad and Lombardy streets and flipped over. That officer also was taken to VCU Medical Center for treatment.
