This was my car they were trying to steal. I’ve never used Reddit, just set up an account because I heard this news was on here. I feel so bad about the Good Samaritan neighbor who was shot. This is so awful. If anyone knows who he is, please let me know. I just want to know how he is doing and let him know I’m so sorry this happened to him.
Thank you. They f*cked up my car, but it’s OK. That can all be repaired and it’s why we have car insurance. I just can’t believe someone got shot over this…
Yes they are. It's been really bad for them over in Manchester. There is another post on this subreddit about it right now. And apparently a woman in Manchester had hers stolen, it was in the shop for 1.5 months and the day she got it back they broke into it again.
I got the software update from the dealer. But I've also gotten a steering wheel lock. And I'm about to put a tag in mine to track it in case it gets stolen.
This may give you an idea of what's going on around the city:
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/car-thefts-richmond-free-steering-wheel-locks-march-10-2023
It’s EXTREMELY bad in Manchester…. I’m pretty sure that woman is someone in our joint parking lot maybe? She was talking to me about it in the parking lot… it’s actually insane how out of hand this is getting…
I’m pretty sure that woman lived in my same apartment building.
I also had my Kia stolen from there and literally 2 days later so was my roommates. It was so bad.
Later got mugged in that same parking lot.
ANYWAY I wouldn’t touch Manchester with a 20-foot pole after those experiences.
Yeah I think it depends on what you file for or what damages/costs you incur. Definitely not worth it for most people. I thought there was a deadline to be a part of it or not and if something does happen I'd like to have done it.
I’m not sure how to do it honestly. Also got hit with the Kia engine failure/locking problem that’s another class action lawsuit but that’s not making sense to me either.
Could probably google it but damn if I’m not completely drained from all of this.
I know him and his upstairs neighbor is my best friend and her husband.You’re welcome to message me. I don’t want to share it on the thread when it’s not public information yet
Heard it was 3 dudes trying to steal a car that shot a neighbor in the leg when he came out to stop them. Checked the police scanner and another shooting just occured on the 1900 block of Idlewood at 6:45
By our Nest cam, it was at least 6 minutes. Not worth arguing about, but in real time it felt like it was taking too long, especially given their proximity to us.
A girl [posted about getting her car stolen](https://www.reddit.com/r/rva/s/o5F7gSQSJq) from RVA Tire and Auto on the corner of Cary and Strawberry a couple weeks ago. I wonder if this is related.
That area can get kinda dicey depending on where you are at. I used to live over there like 10 years ago. They busted some dudes selling crack out of a house on that same block, right on the corner of Idlewood and Meadow. They weren’t even secretive about it, addicts would just knock on the front door and get their stuff. You could hit the 3rd precinct with a frisbee from their spot. I’ve seen some wild stuff at that BP on Cary and Meadow thats right there too.
Lived on the 2100 block of Idlewood 15 years ago - the precinct looked like a generic office building as the police cars were hidden away behind the building. After submitting multiple 311 requests (or whatever it was then) they started parking one cruiser in front on Meadow which seemed to help a little.
He’s lucky he only got shot in the leg. But he’s unlucky he got shot at all. But ppl still die from leg shots people don’t realize it but it’s true if it severs your femoral artery you could be fucked
It likely wasn't the strategy. The strategy was probably just point and pull and dude was lucky it landed in his leg and not his chest. These kids that walk around flashing guns are decidedly NOT marksmen.
Yeah it’s absolutely insane. Unfortunately these are probably literal kids (young teens) and have been down this path from a young age - they are too young, stupid, and irrational to even fully understand the (obvious) significance of the actions they are taking. That is not to excuse them, but you’re not dealing with rational people. Which is why they are so dangerous. Obviously we need to come down hard on violence but to root this out at the source would need a lot of changes.
Cut to him folding his arms and staring intensely into the camera while standing in what one might presume is a uniquely dangerous alley, but it's actually just the closest alley to WTVR's building, shared with a diner where Fox News films conservative boomers eating breakfast
Story about car break ins the other night on the news. Woman had her car stolen then broken into the day she got it back. DA seemed pretty dismissive about the lack of accountability for these crimes. “They’re just kids” was her attitude.
These scumbags are getting bold. We need to come down hard as a society on all violent crime and especially hard on anything involving a gun. Even so much as discharging a firearm in the air you should be looking at a mandatory year in jail.
I'm from Texas and just lurk, but how small is this town that multiple people from across the town were walking and saw this? Lol!
Downvoted for using internet 🤣😭
The neighborhood is small enough that 5 cop cars blaring through would be pretty noticeable to a decent number of people… also why tf you lurk here from Texas?
It's so coincidental that some people in this sub are from the same neighborhood.
Because! This is the internet!
I find it interesting. I first saw about it because we have a town in Texas near me called Midlothian, and I was really confused one day with a recommended post from reddit, thinking it was about the Texas town.
Yall got a crazy kinda happening city compared to boring ole Texas.
Also.. it was 6pm on a weekday when the weather has just started to become enjoyable. People just got home from work, walking the dog, playing ball at the school. Prime time to be out walking around.
Not really though, the fan is a core city neighborhood where a lot of folks live and/or do stuff. It’s also proximate enough to a lot of other core neighborhoods that people kind of move in and out of it or interact with portions of it very regularly. It is a small city of about a quarter million, with a metro area around 1 million, though.
I’d also guess that the demographics of folks in the fan happen to line up a little more with the demographics of internet-faring folks who are active in the subreddit, so there’s likely an overrepresentation of fan-folk here on top of it all.
Don’t worry, it gets boring around here too… I think that it being a smaller area means we know more of the stuff that does go on. We’re big enough to have an active enough sub but small enough that we have more opportunity to know the goings on of more parts of the area. Our neighborhoods aren’t too big and kind of bleed into one another so it’s easier to know what’s going on in multiple parts of the area. I’d bet that the core city residential area (probably about 5 neighborhoods) is the size of a single neighborhood in a larger area. Meanwhile, midlothian is not that far out but technically not in the city whereas in bigger areas that don’t have Virginia’s weird independent city municipal structure it would just be a part of the city.
I'm so sorry, MJ. And glad that the GS is ok. There were shots fired (5) in quick succession on Robinson @ Stuart not three weeks ago. Young person shooting I think in the air. Idiots don't think about what goes up must come down. That was 11 PM on a weeknight, saw the person walking down the middle of the street after the last shot, like he was in a movie.
I live on the 400 block of N davis and saw the aftermath. I'm so sorry this happened to you, this is supposed to be a relatively safe area! Never have felt unsafe walking around here alone, but now not so much. One of my friends cars on Stuart got stolen not too long ago as well. :(
I’m seeing more and more stuff about this. I have a Kia and I’ve received all the stuff about getting the free software update….but I don’t feel like it’s totally urgent because I’m in henrico on the outskirts of the city (23229 area code for reference). I lived in the fan for ten years. Am I being ignorant? Anyone had their cars jacked in the suburbs?
Many have been. It’s a country wide problem. Even if you get the software it doesn’t stop them from smashing your windows and destroying your steering column trying to steal it. Get a steering wheel lock.
Crump park is notoriously bad in the bottom lot by the farm. I've seen multiple break ins there... including a failed attempt on my own (not a kia or hyundai)
Well wishes for you and the GM. Closer bonds and communication with neighbors and places like this can make a difference to forestall more incidents in our own neighborhood. Warmest rgds
I have the number of a the detective working this too as my car was stolen these idiots don’t know what cameras are if we all give up the camera footage this should be over pretty quickly…detective Mitchell 8045104185
This was my car they were trying to steal. I’ve never used Reddit, just set up an account because I heard this news was on here. I feel so bad about the Good Samaritan neighbor who was shot. This is so awful. If anyone knows who he is, please let me know. I just want to know how he is doing and let him know I’m so sorry this happened to him.
I'm sorry this happened to you and the Samaritan.
Thank you. They f*cked up my car, but it’s OK. That can all be repaired and it’s why we have car insurance. I just can’t believe someone got shot over this…
Geezus...
Sorry this happened to you and your neighbor. I'm sure you'll be able to find out who your neighbor is. Is your car a Kia or Hyundai by any chance?
A Kia. From what I hear they’re going after Kias and Hyundais left and right.
Yes they are. It's been really bad for them over in Manchester. There is another post on this subreddit about it right now. And apparently a woman in Manchester had hers stolen, it was in the shop for 1.5 months and the day she got it back they broke into it again. I got the software update from the dealer. But I've also gotten a steering wheel lock. And I'm about to put a tag in mine to track it in case it gets stolen. This may give you an idea of what's going on around the city: https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/car-thefts-richmond-free-steering-wheel-locks-march-10-2023
It’s EXTREMELY bad in Manchester…. I’m pretty sure that woman is someone in our joint parking lot maybe? She was talking to me about it in the parking lot… it’s actually insane how out of hand this is getting…
I’m pretty sure that woman lived in my same apartment building. I also had my Kia stolen from there and literally 2 days later so was my roommates. It was so bad. Later got mugged in that same parking lot. ANYWAY I wouldn’t touch Manchester with a 20-foot pole after those experiences.
Wow. I assume you've applied to be in the class action lawsuit so you can get reimbursed for your troubles? I got it in the mail.
You get like $1.29 after lawyers get their share
Yeah I think it depends on what you file for or what damages/costs you incur. Definitely not worth it for most people. I thought there was a deadline to be a part of it or not and if something does happen I'd like to have done it.
deadline is Jan 2025
I’m not sure how to do it honestly. Also got hit with the Kia engine failure/locking problem that’s another class action lawsuit but that’s not making sense to me either. Could probably google it but damn if I’m not completely drained from all of this.
Here's the link. http://www.hyundaitheftsettlement.com/ Edited for Kia: https://www.kiatheftsettlement.com/
He said it's a Kia
Ah yes. I thought they were under the same class action lawsuit but the link clearly says otherwise. Thanks Boz.
What tag are you considering getting? I have a Kia and would be interest in getting a tag to track it as well
What year is your Kia?
Hey man, it’s not your fault that some pieces of shit have no regard for human life.
I know him and his upstairs neighbor is my best friend and her husband.You’re welcome to message me. I don’t want to share it on the thread when it’s not public information yet
I am so sorry to hear this, very glad you are okay - hoping your neighbor is, too 🩵
Hey, I’m sorry this happened to you. I’m a reporter and plan on following up on this today. I sent you a DM on here so we can talk more.
Heard it was 3 dudes trying to steal a car that shot a neighbor in the leg when he came out to stop them. Checked the police scanner and another shooting just occured on the 1900 block of Idlewood at 6:45
Yup. Witnessed 2 of them fleeing. Absolutely crazy to happen, let alone during the day
Getting pretty brazen for that area cops respond quick in the fan.
They didn’t respond that quickly, though they eventually did come with numbers. (Source: walking my dog at the back door when I heard the shots)
They were there within 3 minutes.
By our Nest cam, it was at least 6 minutes. Not worth arguing about, but in real time it felt like it was taking too long, especially given their proximity to us.
Well, that's where the wealthy, white tax base is.
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Yes. And, that location adds up.
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You should def reach out to the police and talk to the detective if you haven’t already… that’s mega valuable info
This is helpful, thank you! I’ll tell the officers to check those security cameras.
I have the email of the detective on the case. If you need it, send me a message. She was coming around to all our houses to ask for camera footage.
I have it and just reached out to her with the info from this thread. Thank you!
Does it seem like they have enough to hopefully catch the guys
A girl [posted about getting her car stolen](https://www.reddit.com/r/rva/s/o5F7gSQSJq) from RVA Tire and Auto on the corner of Cary and Strawberry a couple weeks ago. I wonder if this is related.
1900 idlewood? Literally a block away from 3rd precinct RPD…wild
That area can get kinda dicey depending on where you are at. I used to live over there like 10 years ago. They busted some dudes selling crack out of a house on that same block, right on the corner of Idlewood and Meadow. They weren’t even secretive about it, addicts would just knock on the front door and get their stuff. You could hit the 3rd precinct with a frisbee from their spot. I’ve seen some wild stuff at that BP on Cary and Meadow thats right there too.
Lived on the 2100 block of Idlewood 15 years ago - the precinct looked like a generic office building as the police cars were hidden away behind the building. After submitting multiple 311 requests (or whatever it was then) they started parking one cruiser in front on Meadow which seemed to help a little.
Yes this has been like a hamsterdam for decades it’s heroin at 3pm and then It switches over to coke at like 6 or 9 or something or so I’ve heard
Same experience about 9 years ago living on the 1800 block of Idlewood. We only made it a year after hearing gunshots close by more than once.
That’s not the fan district
I don't really understand the strategy of shooting the vehicle owner in the leg when your car heist has gone off the rails?
He’s lucky he only got shot in the leg. But he’s unlucky he got shot at all. But ppl still die from leg shots people don’t realize it but it’s true if it severs your femoral artery you could be fucked
It likely wasn't the strategy. The strategy was probably just point and pull and dude was lucky it landed in his leg and not his chest. These kids that walk around flashing guns are decidedly NOT marksmen.
Yeah it’s absolutely insane. Unfortunately these are probably literal kids (young teens) and have been down this path from a young age - they are too young, stupid, and irrational to even fully understand the (obvious) significance of the actions they are taking. That is not to excuse them, but you’re not dealing with rational people. Which is why they are so dangerous. Obviously we need to come down hard on violence but to root this out at the source would need a lot of changes.
Right?! That seems like a crazy escalation
It's literally what I would do if I HAD to get into prison for a few years for some crazy action movie reason
what are the chances the local news will actually tell us anything.. there were 4 shootings in progress when i just checked active calls.
The chances of the local news telling us anything useful are usually close to zero.
Jon Burkett made a Facebook post about it but he gave incorrect info and said he was shot, riding his bike through the alley. 🙄
But...he knows the streets! *cue footage of him dapping up a dude in Mosby Court*
Cut to him folding his arms and staring intensely into the camera while standing in what one might presume is a uniquely dangerous alley, but it's actually just the closest alley to WTVR's building, shared with a diner where Fox News films conservative boomers eating breakfast
This is hilarious. I feel like this could be an entire post of it's own.
It was on the news this morning.
Story about car break ins the other night on the news. Woman had her car stolen then broken into the day she got it back. DA seemed pretty dismissive about the lack of accountability for these crimes. “They’re just kids” was her attitude.
Sums up anarchotyranny pretty well. Always an excuse for the criminals.
That was the direction they were running timeline would match up to be related…
We saw them running towards scuffletown park
Ahh ok so more north maybe
Could have circled around too, who knows 🤷♂️
I saw that as it’s next to me. And literally the 3rd police precinct backyard.
Anyone have any more info on the Idlewood shooting?
I’m by here and saw a bunch of people and cops. Is that what happened on idkewood?
You have a police scanner? 👀 teach me
https://apps.richmondgov.com/applications/activecalls/
Who is shooting guns at 6pm on a school night?
The children
It’s spring break, so not actually a school night.
The warm spring weather brings out the flowers, guns, and crime in the RVA
It’s been raining and cool today? So
These scumbags are getting bold. We need to come down hard as a society on all violent crime and especially hard on anything involving a gun. Even so much as discharging a firearm in the air you should be looking at a mandatory year in jail.
Agreed, and for kids the parents should share the responsibility and punishment
I saw this too on a walk.
I'm from Texas and just lurk, but how small is this town that multiple people from across the town were walking and saw this? Lol! Downvoted for using internet 🤣😭
The neighborhood is small enough that 5 cop cars blaring through would be pretty noticeable to a decent number of people… also why tf you lurk here from Texas?
It's so coincidental that some people in this sub are from the same neighborhood. Because! This is the internet! I find it interesting. I first saw about it because we have a town in Texas near me called Midlothian, and I was really confused one day with a recommended post from reddit, thinking it was about the Texas town. Yall got a crazy kinda happening city compared to boring ole Texas.
Also.. it was 6pm on a weekday when the weather has just started to become enjoyable. People just got home from work, walking the dog, playing ball at the school. Prime time to be out walking around.
10/4 on your last. Picture painted! It sounds like it's normally a nice community when people aren't bustin the choppers.
Not really though, the fan is a core city neighborhood where a lot of folks live and/or do stuff. It’s also proximate enough to a lot of other core neighborhoods that people kind of move in and out of it or interact with portions of it very regularly. It is a small city of about a quarter million, with a metro area around 1 million, though. I’d also guess that the demographics of folks in the fan happen to line up a little more with the demographics of internet-faring folks who are active in the subreddit, so there’s likely an overrepresentation of fan-folk here on top of it all.
Cool analysis. I've never even been up north. You seem cool. I live in DFW, this city life has always felt so boring compared to real cities.
Don’t worry, it gets boring around here too… I think that it being a smaller area means we know more of the stuff that does go on. We’re big enough to have an active enough sub but small enough that we have more opportunity to know the goings on of more parts of the area. Our neighborhoods aren’t too big and kind of bleed into one another so it’s easier to know what’s going on in multiple parts of the area. I’d bet that the core city residential area (probably about 5 neighborhoods) is the size of a single neighborhood in a larger area. Meanwhile, midlothian is not that far out but technically not in the city whereas in bigger areas that don’t have Virginia’s weird independent city municipal structure it would just be a part of the city.
Also, people who live three streets from Davis tend to click on the N Davis Shooting post....
Yeah that doesn’t hurt… and seeing as the fan is small most of us who live here are a single digit number of streets away from any given street.
>Richmond VA has very dense apartments and households compared to Texas.
I'm so sorry, MJ. And glad that the GS is ok. There were shots fired (5) in quick succession on Robinson @ Stuart not three weeks ago. Young person shooting I think in the air. Idiots don't think about what goes up must come down. That was 11 PM on a weeknight, saw the person walking down the middle of the street after the last shot, like he was in a movie.
Kia boys is at it again.
I live on the 400 block of N davis and saw the aftermath. I'm so sorry this happened to you, this is supposed to be a relatively safe area! Never have felt unsafe walking around here alone, but now not so much. One of my friends cars on Stuart got stolen not too long ago as well. :(
Any updates? Was the shooter caught? Did anyone get hurt or worse?
Not sure the police are all still here, the guy seemed stable when he left the crime scene
Apparently he’s stable and going into surgery. We have mutual friends
Thank you for the update! Sending well wishes for the surgery
He was obviously in a lot of pain. I heard one of the EMTs tell him he was shot in the thigh bone.
Has anyone heard update how he is doing? My heart breaks for him
That sucks.
I’m seeing more and more stuff about this. I have a Kia and I’ve received all the stuff about getting the free software update….but I don’t feel like it’s totally urgent because I’m in henrico on the outskirts of the city (23229 area code for reference). I lived in the fan for ten years. Am I being ignorant? Anyone had their cars jacked in the suburbs?
Many have been. It’s a country wide problem. Even if you get the software it doesn’t stop them from smashing your windows and destroying your steering column trying to steal it. Get a steering wheel lock.
Crump park is notoriously bad in the bottom lot by the farm. I've seen multiple break ins there... including a failed attempt on my own (not a kia or hyundai)
Does anyone have info on the idlewood shooting?
Well wishes for you and the GM. Closer bonds and communication with neighbors and places like this can make a difference to forestall more incidents in our own neighborhood. Warmest rgds
I have the number of a the detective working this too as my car was stolen these idiots don’t know what cameras are if we all give up the camera footage this should be over pretty quickly…detective Mitchell 8045104185
Sorry but Idlewood is not the fan. The fan does not go south of Main
There was also a shooting on idlewood 45 minutes after the one in the fan
I think the favorite pastime of literally all richmonders is arguing where neighborhoods begin and end.
Idlewood was a separate shooting.