Richmond, Virginia: Man Killed and Juvenile Hurt After Vehicle Hits Them in Chesterfield County

A man was killed and a juvenile was hurt early on Sunday, November 1, after a vehicle hit both of them in a Chesterfield County neighborhood just north of Chester, and police say the strike appeared to be deliberate.

What police said

The incident happened in the 8800 block of Chester Forest Drive after a disturbance, according to a Chesterfield County Police Department statement reported by The Progress-Index. Police did not release the nature of the disturbance.

Both victims were taken to an area hospital. The adult man died shortly after arrival. The juvenile's injuries were not life threatening, police said.

Police said the incident appeared to be deliberate and that there is no threat to the general public. WTVR CBS 6 reported that sources described a Halloween party at the scene, and that police were investigating the man's death as suspicious.

What has not been released

The police statement, as reported, did not name the man who died or the injured juvenile, and this report does not name them. The reports read for this story did not say whether the driver stayed at the scene, whether the driver is in custody, or whether any charge has been filed. Police also did not say what the disturbance involved, who was driving, or how the two victims and the driver knew each other, if they did.

Those gaps matter in Chesterfield County, the large suburban county south of Richmond, where Chester Forest Drive is a residential street in the Chester area. A deliberate vehicle strike on a neighborhood street is the kind of case where neighbors hear a police version first and a fuller version only after detectives finish their interviews. On Sunday, the public version was still the short one.

The appeal for information

Police asked anyone with information about the incident to contact the Chesterfield County Police Department at (804) 748-1251 or Crime Solvers at (804) 748-0660, or through the P3 app.

For Richmond area readers, the confirmed facts on Sunday were these: a disturbance in the 8800 block of Chester Forest Drive early on November 1, a vehicle that hit a man and a juvenile, a man dead shortly after reaching a hospital, a juvenile expected to survive, and a police judgment that the strike appeared deliberate with no threat to the general public. The rest of the case, including the driver, sits with Chesterfield detectives.

No photo of the man who died, the injured juvenile, or any driver is used in this report.