17-year-old girl found shot dead in woods at Richmond boat landing
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A 17-year-old girl was found shot dead in the woods at a Richmond boat landing late Thursday night.
At about 10:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, officers with the Richmond Police Department were called to Ancarrow's Landing on Brander Street for report of a person down.
When they arrived, they found an unidentified 17-year-old girl down and unresponsive in a wooded area with a gunshot wound. She died at the scene.
According to police, her death -- which is being investigated as a homicide -- was determined to be connected to an "incident" on West Broad Street from Wednesday, April 16.
Just before 6:38 a.m. on Wednesday, officers were called to a parking deck in the 2000 block of West Broad Street for report of a "suspicious situation."
"Officers arrived and collected evidence that they have connected to the homicide investigation," a police spokesperson said.
No further details, such as exactly how these two scenes are connected, were provided by police. While police did not identify the teenager, a spokesperson said she was from Chesterfield County.
If you have any information on this homicide, you are asked to contact the Richmond Police Department at 804-646-3929.
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