CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — The man accused of shooting a Chesterfield police officer early Friday morning at the Meadowbrook Apartments is a convicted felon with a violent history, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett.
Police were called to the 5200 block of Whetstone Road, off Cogbill Road, at about 6 a.m. to investigate a domestic call.
"The officer approached the residence and was allowed into the residence by a female occupant," Chesterfield Police Chief Frank Carpenter said.
"Upon entering the residence, the officer was immediately ambushed with gunfire."
Carpenter said the officer, who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, was able to "retreat from the residence to a place of cover."
"The officer did not discharge his firearm," a Chesterfield police spokesperson said. "He was transported to an area hospital, where he is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries."
After a brief barricade situation, police arrested 36-year-old Antonio D. Robinson, who lives at the Whetstone Road home.
Robinson was charged with:
- malicious wounding
- discharging a firearm within an occupied dwelling
- use of a firearm in the commission of a felony
- possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
Robinson was arrested in April and charged with three crimes that were null processed in juvenile and domestic relations court two weeks ago because the victim would not testify, court records show.
Cathy Ashe, who lives in the apartment complex, saw officers taking photos inside a police cruiser before it was driven away.
She said her husband woke her up and alerted her to a large police presence outside their front door.
"It was just droves and droves of police cars and police. I noticed that they were up in front of that apartment, but like, making sure nobody goes in it or close or something. That's what I got from it," Ashe described.
A detective was seen using a drone to capture aerial images of the complex.
The large-scale investigation and the number of officers who showed up in Ashe's neighborhood concerned her family.
"We were smacked in the face with it, you know? And just like we're wondering, how much safer is this going to be here?" Ashe stated.
A representative of the apartment complex applauded the quick response by Chesterfield police and was grateful no one else in her community was injured.
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