Richmond trash truck driver shot in Shockoe Bottom

Richmond Department of Public Works employee shot, injured while collecting trash in city’s Shockoe Bottom area

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A Richmond Department of Public Works employee is injured after police said he was shot while collecting trash in the city's Shockoe Bottom area early Wednesday morning. At around 1:36 a.m. on Wednesday, May 21, officers with the Richmond Police Department were called to the 00 block of North 18th Street for the report of a person shot. When officers arrived, they found a man who works to collect trash for Richmond's Depa…

Richmond trash truck driver shot in Shockoe Bottom

A City of Richmond employee was shot in Shockoe Bottom early Wednesday morning, according to Richmond police.

Richmond trash worker injured after being shot during late-night collection in Shockoe

Early Wednesday morning, a Richmond Public Works employee was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries from what was believed to be a gunshot wound.“I was so saddened to hear about a City of Richmond Department of Public Works employee who was wounded while doing his job,” Mayor Danny Avula said in a press release. “Guns are taking a serious toll on people, and it's not okay.”410 guns have been stolen from cars in Richmond this year. One …