Charleston B. Scott was 27 and from Henrico, Virginia when he was shot and killed in the early morning hours of January 24, 2019. Police were called at about 12:47 a.m. to the 3400 block of Decatur Street in Richmond for a reported shooting. Emergency crews were already on scene attending to an unrelated medical emergency when gunfire was heard. Charleston B. Scott was then found in the driver’s seat of the ambulance with apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead about an hour later; the Richmond Police Department classified the incident as a homicide.

There has been no public naming of suspects or announced arrests in connection with the shooting, and few details about investigative progress have been released. If anyone witnessed the shooting on Decatur Street that night or has information about how Scott came to be in the ambulance, please share what is known with investigators.