Man now charged with murdering Richmond fire lieutenant Ashley Berry

Man now charged with murdering Richmond fire lieutenant Ashley Berry

HOPEWELL, Va. -- More than three years after her shooting death, a Hopewell man was charged with Richmond firefighter Ashley Berry's murder. Berry, 33, was shot and killed on Thanksgiving night 2019 in front of a home along the Sunnyside Avenue of Hopewell.Berry, a lieutenant with the Richmond Fire Department, was leaving the home with one of her children after celebrating Thanksgiving with friends and family. She was shielding her child with he…

Hopewell man charged with murder of Richmond Firefighter Lieutenant Ashley Berry nearly 4 years after tragic shooting

HOPEWELL, Va. (WRIC) — Nearly four years after Richmond Fire Lieutenant Ashley Berry was gunned down in Hopewell while shielding her five-year-old son from gunfire on Thanksgiving Day, police believe they have found her killer. Darrell Donnell Taylor Jr., 30, of Hopewell, was indicted by a grand jury on Aug. 8, 2023, on charges of Murder, Use of a Firearm While in the Commission of a Felony, Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Shooting into an Occup…