murder on 1300 block of 23rd Street

That is a little too close to home…

Woman slain; was due in court today

Richmond police have identified the woman fatally shot early Thursday morning in Church Hill as 55-year-old Elaine Bowens of Richmond.[...]Court records show Bowens was due in court today for failing to comply with Richmond Probation Services. During the past two years she was convicted three times for prostitution or solicitation and twice for misdemeanor possession of cocaine, according to Richmond General District Court records.

Teenager shot in South Richmond

Police were looking for a maroon or burgundy Ford Taurus or Mercury Sable with tinted windows that was seen leaving the area after the shooting.The car was similar to one that might have been used in the fatal shooting early Thursday of Elaine Bowens, 55, in the 1300 block of North 23rd Street.