Sergio Ivan Rivera-Vega will be formally arraigned on Tue., Sept. 8 on four counts of murder-arson.
Tag: Homicide
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Update: Richmond fire claims fourth victim
The house fire police say was arson resulted in the deaths of a Richmond mother, her two young children and her father. Her brother has been charged with murder.
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Fatal stabbing victim identified; suspect arrested
Killing of a Martinez man, 59, at a Belding Woods transitional home is the city’s fifth homicide of 2026, police said.
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Richmond homicide: Man arrested on charge of killing brother
Victor Blacknell, a relative of a well-known convicted gang member, was arrested shortly after the Tuesday night assault that left Jerome Timmons dead.
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Richmond shooting: Suspect to be arraigned in killing of maintenance worker known as ‘Papa Smurf’
Jabari Fontenot, 31, has been charged in the May 29 homicide of Melvin Murphy, 64.
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Richmond’s third homicide of year: Person arrested within hours of Friday shooting death
Flock license plate readers helped Richmond police track suspect from Richmond to Concord.
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Suspect in mass shooting that left San Pablo teacher dead charged with firearms offense
Latetia Bobo, a 33-year-old San Pablo charter school teacher, and a 25-year-old man died at EZ Lounge in Oakland March 7.
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Police investigating suspected murder-suicide in East Richmond
Richmond police found a pair of people dead inside a home during a wellness check on Friday morning, marking the second homicide investigation in as many days.
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Richmond’s first 2026 homicide: One dead in Fairmede-Hilltop shooting
A pair of people shot at each other Thursday morning, leaving one person dead and another injured, according to Richmond police.
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San Pablo teacher killed in Oakland mass shooting Saturday
Caliber Beta Academy has canceled school on Monday in honor of the slain teacher, 33-year-old Latetia Bobo.
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Victim identified in San Pablo fatal shooting
Clarence Hughes Jr., 36, of Richmond was shot to death Dec. 29 on Rumrill Boulevard, police said.
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Family identifies IHOP homicide victim
The man, identified as Romario Raso Garcia, was killed at about 1:45 p.m. while working in the kitchen of the Hillltop neighborhood restaurant.
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Two Richmond men shot in San Pablo. 1 dead, 1 in critical condition
Two Richmond men were shot on Rumrill Boulevard in San Pablo, one fatally — the same day that a homicide victim was found at IHOP in Richmond.
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UPDATE: Person of interest in IHOP death shoots self at San Pablo police station
San Pablo police said the man approached officers, who couldn’t understand him, and a few minutes later he shot himself in their parking lot.
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Update: Family of Monday’s fatal shooting victim remember him as ‘humble young man’
In a GoFundMe, family members say 23-year-old Josue Cornejo was the person police said was fatally shot near Marina Way and Bissell Avenue in downtown Richmond.
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Update: Family of murdered man say he was ‘kind, empathetic, caring soul’
GoFundMe for city’s 3rd fatal shooting victim of 2025 has raised more than $18,000.
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Richmond police investigating 2nd homicide of the year
Victim, 28, was walking in Iron Triangle on Friday evening when he was shot by multiple people who got out of a car, police said.
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Richmond’s first homicide of 2025: Man shot to death in Iron Triangle
Officers found the victim near the Triangle Court housing complex Thursday morning.
