RICHMOND, Va. — A man was stabbed to death early Friday morning at the Lincoln Mews Apartments on North Avenue in Richmond's Northside neighborhood.
Richmond police responded to the 4000 block of North Avenue at 6:48 a.m. after a 911 call. Investigators found a man inside a home who had been stabbed. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Medical Examiner will determine the man's cause and manner of death. His identity has not been released.
A mother of three who lives a few rows away from the homicide scene said she learned of the stabbing after dropping her children off at daycare.
"I heard the ambulance and police but I didn't think nothing of it, because what area we're in, but then to get to work and then find out that it was actually here is kind of terrifying. My 16-year-old was here today, going back and forth to the library by herself," she said.
The woman, who declined to give her name out of fear of being targeted, said she deliberately parks in front of surveillance cameras for her own safety.
"I park right here or right there, the car over, because you can see whoever. If they're coming out, you can see on this camera," she said.
The stabbing comes on the heels of a shooting at the complex in which bullets ripped through cars and shattered windows. The woman said she is calling for more police presence in the area.
"More patrols, and for the police to be involved. Because, if a situation is occurring, we need to protect these babies. How are we going to? Who's going to help us? Who's going to help me? It's just me and my three girls," she said. "You've gotta just go in the house and stay to yourself."
Richmond detectives are asking anyone with information to call Major Crimes Det. Darnell at 804-646-3927, call Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000, or submit a tip through the P3 app.
This is a developing story. Email the CBS 6 Newsroom if you have additional information to share.
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