The building has businesses on the ground floor and the pickup crashed into the wall at the entrance to a nail salon. I live around the corner but wasn't home when it happened. They're towing the truck away now.

I specifically said it was gnarly.

Dang!

Nice job covering the story Patch. Finally the bad guys lose. Thanks PD!

"after a truck authorities said was linked to a Richmond shooting crashed into a nail salon"

Hey, its hard NOT to crash into a nail salon around here!

We have so few local media sources that I really appreciate Patch for getting us information directly and in a timely manner.

To my neighbor circling repeatedly on a bicycle, please don't put yourself in harm's way! You could have been hit by emergency vehicles, taken hostage, or just gotten between the police and the suspects, complicating the arrest. Thank you for the details, but please, be safe and allow authorities with rifles and dogs deployed to do what needs to be done.

Thanks for the concern, Sherri! I wasn't in harm's way and I only rode around once to get a sense of what was happening. This was a huge event with several streets blocked off by police and more police cars than I have ever seen in our small town. I didn't ride down any of the closed streets and I didn't try to speak with the police. I didn't stop to take pictures. Once I heard from the neighbor what was happening I went straight home and locked my doors (and contacted Emilie)!

I beg to differ about not being in harm's way. Bullets can travel great distances, and these persons were likely armed and obviously desperate. The police can't cordon off every possible dangerous spot, and at 12:45 7 officers showed up on my street with a dog and weapons at the ready. They were searching hurriedly all around and calling out for neighbors to stay inside. It certainly was still a fluid and unpredictable situation.

Why no description?

Ok. I won't disagree with you, D. Mehrten. However, it appeared to be a traffic accident at first sighting. As soon as I heard that it was a potentially more dangerous, situation, I went home. I should re-iterate that I was far enough away that I never even heard police calling out and I definitely wasn't close enough to see dogs or officers running with weapons at the ready. The police I saw were providing back-up, setting up a large perimeter that closed off a large portion of the area. I kept my distance from that perimeter and stayed on my bike. I went directly home and contacted Emilie so that she could follow up.

Just another night in the city. Shootings and chases from the 20th & Virginia area are all too common. Hopefully they nab the third perp.

I am 98% certain that I saw this truck speeding throughout Albany over the last two days: 3 young men in an older ford looking truck, windows rolled down yelling etc - hard to miss. This is the kind of thing I saw regularly in other cities and not so much in Albany. When I saw them run a stop sign on Stannage, yelling out the window, I had a sinking feeling (also something I'd experienced in other cities). I saw them last night driving down SP by Marin edging very close to the car in front of them & revving. Here's the thing I find interesting about this article - there is no description of the young men. I am so used to seeing these kinds of articles report yet another incident being carried out by people of color. The men I saw were caucasian. Just wondering.

I heard the truck strike the building,sounded like gunshot, a event like that makes me worry about first the officers safety and collateral damage,thank god no good guys were hurt or killed,allthings considering this could have gone all bad !! Good job by all P.D involved .

Monica, it was a new-er Tundra, not an old style Ford.
And even bringing up the color/Caucasian topic will only spark racist comments.
If its your opinion, it has no place in the news. The news is supposed to be facts brought to you from a non-bias source.

Patch- nice work on covering the story.

I hope they let the canine rip those guys apart before they took them under arrest.
It's too bad Richmond only gets negative press these days.

Times like these, realize this is what police deal with, and thank them for their service. People wonder why cops are so abrasive. Well, they deal with low-lifes like these on a day-to-day basis.

Im relieved the ones that got hurt (minus the shooting victim) were the perps.
I hope due process prevails.

Oh that's right John. Forgive me for my comment.
It's sad to think our tax paying dollars will be spent seating in these individuals for decades to come...
How do you think you could out run/drive cops in a truck anyway?

Larry, my previous statement was serious about the police. I don't like being pulled over and I don't always appreciate their tone. However, It's amazing to think when anyone does their job well they get kudos. When police do their jobs better (writing tickets, enforcing laws) they get less appreciation. I have so much respect for them regardless of my feelings of entitlement to being "let off".

The cohesiveness of all surrounding agencies possible saved innocent bystanders lives as well as getting some inhuman humans off of the streets.

Still haven't heard back from Richmond PD for an update on the victim and third suspect -- will try again tonight though.

what does 'gnarly' mean?

I ken fit gnarled means. Fingers gnarled with arthritis.
I don't believe anyone could surf with gnarled limbs

Not reallly, I have cp and arthritis and don't feel gnarly. I feel lack of balance and waves scare me

but back to the topic.

Hey M never thought you were kidding, serious stuff here.

Following the standards used by many newspaper and media organizations, and journalism ethics/training organizations: We include race only if it's relevant to a story. We include it in crime suspect descriptions only if there are enough OTHER details provided to make an identification theoretically possible. Even in these cases, it's preferable to use specific skin color rather than racial descriptors, because those tend to provide more meaningful context.
In this particular case, Richmond Police have thus far declined to release any descriptions because they are still working the case and say they have leads on the one person who remains at-large.