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15-year-old dead following shooting incident in Virginia

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VIRGINIA — A 15-year-old boy has died after being found with a gunshot wound in Richmond’s East End Friday afternoon.

Police said officers were called to the 1800 block of R Street at 3:28 p.m. on Nov. 28 for a reported shooting. When they arrived, they found the boy lying on the ground with an apparent gunshot injury. He was taken to a local hospital, where he later died from his wounds.

The medical examiner will determine the official cause and manner of death.

Richmond police are investigating the shooting as a homicide. Anyone with information is asked to contact Major Crimes Detective A. Sleem at 804-814-7123.