17 Responses to “man found shot to death in 300 block of 25th”

1. posted by Magneto at January 30, 2008 8:19 am :
   

   That link doesn’t seem to be working. I found the article here, though: http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-01-30-0205.html

2. posted by DC at January 30, 2008 9:01 am :
   

   Did anyone hear what sounded like gunshots on 31st Monday night?

3. posted by tiny at January 30, 2008 12:39 pm :
   

   Isn’t that right by the Firestation? I consider(ed) that a pretty safe area. I wonder what happened?

4. posted by Norma Jean at January 30, 2008 12:47 pm :
   

   According to the news, it was a drug deal gone bad, or drug related.

   I’ve lived up here many, many years and finding shot/dead people in cars is a rare occurrence. The last time I recall was the man who took his own life in his car at Libby Hill Park and was found by the Alley Rally people. That was several years ago.

5. posted by john_m at January 30, 2008 2:54 pm :
   

   via nbc12.com:

   Police say the victim had a gunshot wound to the head. He has been identified as Louis Scroggins, 34 of Henrico.

   [...]

   Police believe the victim had no connection to the area and are now considering drugs a motive.

6. posted by jami at January 30, 2008 7:26 pm :
   

   About ten days ago we noticed a big escalation in “activity” on our street, Fairmount, and lots of alley traffic and fights, etc. It almost seemed like a big shipment came in and everyone was buzzing about it. Street guys were staked out on each corner (facing the apartments) 3 deep.
   When we complained about the loitering, the detectives said they really could not arrest anyone unless they were trespassing on private property. He explained heroin was the problem in that area. He also stated the block was under surveillance and they would like to get the big suppliers.
   I wonder if the shooting on Broad and the robberies on 23rd have anything to do with an increase in the supply. Sad. Very sad.

7. posted by john_m at January 30, 2008 7:49 pm :
   

   nb12 has the story, with a positive spin and an interview with Carolyn Worssam of Church Hill Herb.

8. posted by Drew at January 30, 2008 8:11 pm :
   

   She can put a positive spin on it all she wants…bottom line is that some guy got a bullet in his brain in one of the “nicer” areas of Church Hill.

   I’m sure the assailant wouldn’t have thought twice about killing a witness had someone been walking by and seen it all unfold….which by the way, was a REAL possibility. 1:45? I can’t tell you how often I’ve walked my dog near there or come home from The Hill or Acapella’s about that time.

   I’m glad people don’t live in fear. On the other hand, to just shrug it off is irresponsible.

9. posted by john_m at January 31, 2008 6:43 am :
   

   The victim has a history of involvement in drug violence and had killed a man in Fairmount in 1993.

   RTD 1/31/08 - Ex-inmate is Richmond’s first shooting death of ‘08

   Louis W. Scroggins, 34, was found shot at about 1:15 a.m. yesterday in a car in the 300 block of North 25th Street, after a Dominion Virginia Power truck driver noticed a broken window in the car and called police.

   [...]

   Scroggins, who was married and the father of two teenage children, was sentenced in December 1993 to 10 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter in the death of 49-year-old Melvin C. Moss.

   In that case, Scroggins, who was 20 at the time, confronted Moss at a house in the 1100 block of North 24th Street. Scroggins went into the house looking for a woman who owed him money for drugs, according to a summary of evidence presented at his trial.

   Moss accosted Scroggins for bursting into the house, followed him outside and hit him in the face. Scroggins then walked three blocks, got a .22-caliber pistol and returned to fire it through the glass in the front door of the home.

   Moss was sitting in a chair just inside the door with a .45-caliber pistol in his hand. A bullet hit him in the chest, and he discharged his pistol as he fell back after having been shot, according to evidence.

10. posted by Chimbo at January 31, 2008 8:18 am :
    

    You can deliberately kill someone and only get 10 years in jail???? If I had known that…..

11. posted by the other mike at January 31, 2008 9:02 am :
    

    “some guy got a bullet in his brain”

    Sounds like the world is a better place for it… a dead drug using murderer. I don’t think I will be grabbing the tissues anytime soon…

12. posted by Loz2Hi at January 31, 2008 3:37 pm :
    

    I live within spitting distance of where this event took place. I want to say that I have always been amazed that people in this “nicer” area some how think they are segregated from things that happen just one or two blocks away in “bad” part of hill. The reality of this situation is we live in a developing urban area and when the economy takes a hit (hello recession) - crime goes up. It’s not rocket science! This does not mean that we should live in fear because when it is your time – it is your time.

13. posted by lisa at January 31, 2008 5:54 pm :
    

    Just the other day someone who lives south of Broad said he wasen’t surprised about the crime north of Broad. As it happens most of the crime that has been inflicted on those I know were commited south of Broad.

14. posted by william at January 31, 2008 9:53 pm :
    

    All in all, most of Church Hill is pretty safe by most standards. In an urban area, there will be crime. It happens in every city across the country. Yes, there will be some drug dealing, some prostitution, some random wandering around the streets, some pan-handling. That is life in an an urban area. I’ve lived in many major urban areas along the East Coast…Richmond is the smallest. I’ve always chosen to live in an urban setting as opposed to suburbia. The issues that we face here in Church Hill are no different than those in Boston, Philadelphia, NY, Atlanta, and DC. In most cases, criminals are victimizing criminals. Random acts of violence are pretty rare. Don’t let a few of the recent events erase the not so distant memory of where Broad Street was just 10 short years ago. The majority of East Broad in Church Hill was largely a collection of boarded up, decaying, dilapidated houses from end to end. For some of the newcomers, in 1998, one of the largest homes on the street was on the market for years at $155,000.! And, no buyers. Today, that very same home is worth almost $1,000,000 and located on one of the most desirable blocks on the Hill. Ten short years ago…. a drive down Broad was dramatically different from today. The area has grown and changed for the better every year since but there are still many remnants from the past. Change will happen but it won’t take place overnight. Ten years ago, Saturday nights at 11:30, for example, was a complete circus on Broad.
    I can remember countless cars streaming down the street blasting music, people wandering around aimlessly, shouting and yelling in the streets, occasional gunfire in the alleyways, open-air drug dealing on just about every corner of East Marshall St., just to name a few. Times have changed….today, you see nothing but a quiet stillness at the same time. Folks, there is no more serious crime in the Hill than in the fantastic Fan. Somehow, the media seems to sensationalize everything that happens up here.

15. posted by CE at February 1, 2008 8:47 am :
    

    posted by DC at January 30, 2008 9:01 am :
    Did anyone hear what sounded like gunshots on 31st Monday night?

    DC, I heard what I also thought were gunshots that evening near 31st

16. posted by Crystal at February 1, 2008 11:44 am :
    

    We have some people across the Gillies Creek area who think it’s funny to set of firecrakers almost every weekend night around 12:30 or 1am. I’ve called the cops a couple of times but the dumba$$es still do it. Every once in a while I do hear what I could swear are gunshots but w/no clear direction from which they come, it’s hard to call the cops and send them on a wild goose chase as it really does waste their time.

    One night I was walking around the 500 block of 32nd and had a cop stop me, wondering if I had called them about a tattered flag hanging in front of someones house. People, that is not something you call the cops for!!

    Walking around late at night I do see some interesting things and I do make sure the only thing I have on me are my dogs and cell phone. I give them no incentive to bother me. I once even called the cops on a domestic dispute so being up late and outside does have its advantages, :).

    Every once in a while people still think it’s okay to park at the end of my street (very end of Marshall) and I’ve scared a few people off by just opening my cell phone so being aware of your surroundings at all times and not being afraid to hit send is a good thing.

17. posted by Church Hill People’s News » arrest made in 25th Street murder - Richmond, Virginia at February 21, 2008 5:00 pm :
    

    [...] Kimbrough was arrested today in connection with the January murder of Louis Scroggins on 25th Street. [via] Posted at 5:00PM under crime | Tags: 25th Street, [...]

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