RICHMOND, Va. β Florence McCrea was shot and killed Sunday night at an East End apartment in Richmond, Crime Insider sources and the victim's family told Jon Burkett.
Those sources told Burkett that someone shot McCrea, a mother of four, in the face when she opened the door of a North 21st Street apartment Sunday night.
Richmond police later confirmed McCrea, 56, was found "unresponsive inside of an apartment" and "pronounced dead at the scene."
"The Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death," a Richmond police spokesperson said. "Detectives with the RPD Major Crimes unit responded and interviewed individuals at the apartment building for information regarding this shooting. The investigation continues."
The shooting was reported at about 11:17 p.m. along the 1500 block of North 21st Street.
This is the first reported homicide of the year in Richmond, Burkett said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Major Crimes Detective Torres at 804-646-3930 or Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.
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