Overview
- Employees heard a loud noise before finding a dishwasher in his early 30s wounded in the kitchen, and he died at the scene.
- City officials say evidence points to a targeted attack, with the shooter believed to have entered through a back door and avoided interior cameras.
- The police chief says Richmond’s Flock license-plate readers were recently deactivated but will be reactivated soon and could have aided the case.
- Investigators have not released the victim’s name or identified a suspect, and they are asking anyone with information to contact Richmond police.
- IHOP says it is supporting staff and the victim’s family, and the killing is recorded as the city’s sixth homicide this year.