A hero tipster is being celebrated in Richmond for giving police information to stop a planned mass shooting on the Fourth of July. The intended target, according to police, a celebration at Dogwood Dell, where hundreds were in attendance.
“One phone call saved numerous lives on the Fourth of July,” said Chief Gerald Smith, Richmond Police Dept
On Friday, Richmond police investigators received the tip which they say was sparked by a conversation the tipster overheard.
That same day, police showed up at the 3100 block of Colombia Street on Richmond’s southside, and someone let them in. The chief says officers seized two assault rifles, one handgun, and 200 rounds of ammunition from the house and arrested 52-year-old Julio Alvarado-Dubon for being a non-U-S citizen in possession of a firearm.
Police say they kept a second suspect, 38-year-old Rolman Balacarcel, under surveillance until he was arrested Tuesday by Virginia State Police in Albemarle County and charged with the same crime.
Source: NBC12
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