Officer-involved shooting that left a 31-year-old Richmond mother dead

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RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond Police said a 31-year-old woman was fatally shot by an officer on May 7, 2026, after officers responded to reports of gunfire at an apartment complex on Midlothian Turnpike.

According to Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards, officers were dispatched at approximately 6:47 p.m. after a man called 911 reporting he heard a gunshot inside an apartment where Jazmin Wooten-Mitchell was located. During the call, people could reportedly be heard attempting to get her to open the door while the caller told dispatchers they believed she had been shot and they could not get inside.

Police said a second 911 call was received while officers were en route, reporting that a woman was outside the apartment building firing a gun. When officers arrived, witnesses directed them toward an upstairs area of the complex as residents were seen running from the scene.

Investigators said Wooten-Mitchell fired toward an apartment and in the direction of the stairwell as officers approached. One officer then discharged his weapon, striking her. Officers recovered a handgun near Wooten-Mitchell and attempted medical aid, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. No officers or residents were reported injured.

Family members and local media identified Wooten-Mitchell as the mother of two children, including a 6-month-old son and a daughter who recently turned 11. Relatives told reporters she had recently experienced the death of one child’s father prior to the incident.

No official criminal history for Wooten-Mitchell was publicly released by Richmond Police or court officials as of May 22, 2026.

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4 +1 0falcon0 2 weeks ago

she was shooting at the other chick, cop just walked into the line of fire.. lucky she just points n shoots without aiming.

9 +1 XtraChromosome 2 weeks ago

Of course her rachet family tryn find an angle to get paid

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13 +1 kma8675309 3 weeks ago

LMAO! And I found this>>> The best friend of Richmond mother Jazmin Wooten-Mitchell, who was killed by police last week, says officers should have used crisis intervention tactics instead of deadly force when they responded to her apartment.
"Crisis prevention. They're supposed to have training for things of this nature," Lewis said. "One thing I've read about, Google, the internet tells you before they can go out in the field, they're supposed to have training on hostile situations and crisis situations. It's no way they should have came up their guns a blazing if she wasn't shooting at them."

Ummm...she shot first dumbass! But of course the media will play this off because it was a "poor black mother" that was shot multiple times by a WHITE racist cop.