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Richmond IHOP Worker Fatally Shot in Suspected Targeted Attack

Police cite surveillance gaps, with the Flock camera network set to be turned back on.

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.