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Richmond police were called to a local hospital shortly after 1 a.m. after receiving a report that the victim, an adult male, had arrived with a gunshot wound. Reports indicate that the vehicle he was riding in passed by a group of protestors around 12:30 a.m. in the 2000 block of West Grace Street, police said.

After businesses were looted, and property defaced for the second night, some Richmonders like Tiniesha Black volunteered to help clean up what had been left along the city’s sidewalks.

Speaking of the riots, Black says “it was purposeless, it wasn’t about the cause. I feel like a lot of people came out here and here is that heart and our pain for their own personal gain.”

"It's utter devastation,” said Greg Milefsky, owner of Balance Bicycle Shop on W. Broad Street. “I have nothing, nothing." Milefsky's bicycle shop of 10 years was destroyed in a matter of hours. "I come down here at 3:30 a.m. and witnessed people rummaging through my shop while I got a computer," Milefsky said. A wall that once held 75 bikes, now gone; some bicycles taken right in front of his eyes.

One of the hardest-hit businesses was Randy Adams DDS. The Large tempered windows framing his business were smashed it with brick paver from nearby trees and bottles of alcohol. From 6 a.m until the afternoon he swept and vacuumed the debris with the help of city leaders and bystanders who wanted to help.

“This business has a lot of blood sweat and tears, 30 years worth”, Randy Adams said.