Police have identified the victim and shooter in an alleged murder-suicide as a couple from Richmond.
Officers were called to a residence on Chamberlayne Avenue between Westbrook and Westminster avenues on September 21. Darnell Forehand, 29, and Jonel Brown, 29, of Richmond, were discovered unresponsive just before six in the morning, according to Richmond police. According to police, it seemed like they were both shot.
At the scene, Forehand was pronounced deceased. After being admitted to the hospital, Brown passed away last Thursday.
It has been concluded by detectives that Forehand shot Brown before taking his own life. Forehand and Brown were romantically involved, according to detectives, even if the reason behind the shooting remains unclear.
The inquiry is still on.
Richmond, the capital of Virginia, is among America’s oldest major cities. Patrick Henry, a U.S. Founding Father, famously declared “Give me liberty or give me death” at its St. John’s Church in 1775, leading to the Revolutionary War. The White House of the Confederacy, home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis during the Civil War, is now a museum in Court End, a neighborhood known for Federal-style mansions.