Police identify woman found shot to death near Richmond park

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond Police are investigating after a 28-year-old woman was found dead with a gunshot wound near Gillies Creek Park.

Police arrived at the 4300 block of Hobbs Lane to find a woman - identified Wednesday as Tynesha Hopson - on the ground around 9:30 a.m. Monday. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

NBC12 spoke with concerned neighbors who live in the area.

“It is highly unusual for someone to be in this park after dark,” Alayna Miller said.

Miller says she’s lived in the neighborhood for almost six years.

“It is shocking. It is shocking. I, for one, didn’t hear anything, and I’m a night owl.”

Miller says the neighborhood is relatively quiet and safe.

“There’s really not a lot of activity in this general area after dark. We do our evening walks, the wives here in the community do their evening walks. Once it gets dusk and dark, there’s really not a lot of coming back and forth in this general area,” Miller said.

Another neighbor who’s been a resident for around 30 years also says this kind of violence is unusual for the neighborhood.

“It’s a horrible thing. It’s a horrible thing for something like this to happen anywhere. For the neighborhood, it’s scary. What’s next? What’s next,” he said. “With all the crime going on throughout the city, it can be terrifying. It can be very terrifying.”

Miller says she has a 13-year-old son who enjoys skating at the park often. She says she hopes this is a one-time incident.

“People need to start being considerate. I don’t know what the issue was, or why someone had to lose their life. I’m sure it wasn’t matched to the reaction that the individual had, so again, condolences to the family.”

This is still an ongoing investigation.

Richmond Homicide detectives ask anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000.

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