Colonial Heights woman remains in critical condition after she was shot multiple times
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond family is holding onto hope that their loved one will recover in the hospital after she was shot multiple times Monday night in Colonial Heights. According to the Colonial Heights Police Department, officers were called to the 1500 block of Concord Avenue just after 7:15 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 for a report of shots fired. PREVIOUS: Woman in critical condition after shooting in Colonial Heights, suspect in custody When officers got to the scene outside the Concord Avenue Apartments, they found 32-year-old Brittini Black with multiple gunshot wounds. She was taken to Southside Regional Medical Center before being transferred to VCU Medical Center, where she remains in critical condition. "I [talk] to her, hoping that -- you know, she'll talk back to me," said Jacqueline Black, Brittini's mother, referring to her daughter's current state. "I'm waiting for her to talk back to me." Brittini Black of Colonial Heights. (Courtesy: Christine Donald) Authorities arrested Earnest Hakim Vines III of Colonial Heights and confirmed he was in a domestic relationship with Black. Vines faces six charges, including malicious wounding, reckless endangerment of a child and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. A GoFundMe has been set up by the family, as they make Black's young son a priority at the moment. "We just want to make sure that he is set up for success and set up to [thrive] and ... live a life that I know his mother would be very proud of," said Christine Donald, Brittini's sister. Vines is currently being held at Riverside Regional Jail without bond pending his court appearance which, according to court records, is scheduled for Dec. 12. More details on the GoFundMe can be found here.
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COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond family is holding onto hope that their loved one will recover in the hospital after she was shot multiple times Monday night in Colonial Heights.
According to the Colonial Heights Police Department, officers were called to the 1500 block of Concord Avenue just after 7:15 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 for a report of shots fired.
PREVIOUS: Woman in critical condition after shooting in Colonial Heights, suspect in custody
When officers got to the scene outside the Concord Avenue Apartments, they found 32-year-old Brittini Black with multiple gunshot wounds.
She was taken to Southside Regional Medical Center before being transferred to VCU Medical Center, where she remains in critical condition.
"I [talk] to her, hoping that -- you know, she'll talk back to me," said Jacqueline Black, Brittini's mother, referring to her daughter's current state. "I'm waiting for her to talk back to me."
Brittini Black of Colonial Heights. (Courtesy: Christine Donald)
Authorities arrested Earnest Hakim Vines III of Colonial Heights and confirmed he was in a domestic relationship with Black.
Vines faces six charges, including malicious wounding, reckless endangerment of a child and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
A GoFundMe has been set up by the family, as they make Black's young son a priority at the moment.
"We just want to make sure that he is set up for success and set up to [thrive] and ... live a life that I know his mother would be very proud of," said Christine Donald, Brittini's sister.
Vines is currently being held at Riverside Regional Jail without bond pending his court appearance which, according to court records, is scheduled for Dec. 12.
More details on the GoFundMe can be found here.
