State police identify Petersburg man killed in I-95 shooting
and last updated 2020-12-16 11:06:06-05
PETERSBURG, Va. Virginia State Police have identified a Petersburg man who was shot and killed while driving on Interstate 95 Sunday night.
State police responded to a crash on I-95 at the 49 mile marker in Petersburg at 10:46 p.m.
When troopers arrived at the scene, they found a car in the median of I-95 with an unresponsive driver and multiple bullet holes in the exterior of the vehicle. The crash investigation determined the car was traveling south on Interstate 95 before it ran off the right side of the interstate, crossed back over the southbound lanes, ran off the left side of the interstate and struck the guardrail, Virginia State Police spokesperson Sgt. Dylan Davenport wrote in an email.
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PETERSBURG Virginia State Police said Wednesday they are now investigating the death of a man found shot in a wrecked car on Interstate 95 Sunday night as a homicide, but they are not saying yet if that death resulted from a shooting incident reported minutes earlier in a neighborhood adjacent to the interstate.
State Police Sgt. Dylan Davenport identified the victim as Quintell Pulliam, 35, of Petersburg. Pulliam was discovered in his vehicle southbound on I-95 around 10:45 p.m. Sunday. He was taken to Bon Secours Southside Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation s Richmond Field Office is continuing its investigation into a homicide that occurred in the City of Petersburg Sunday night, Davenport said in a VSP news release. That was the first time Pulliam s death was referred to as a homicide.
Man found shot inside car on I-95 in Petersburg identified (Source: Generic CMPD Photo) By Adrianna Hargrove | December 14, 2020 at 8:55 AM EST - Updated December 16 at 9:48 AM
PETERSBURG, Va. (WWBT) - Police say a man has been identified after he died from gunshot wounds. He was found in a vehicle on I-95 in a median in Petersburg.
On Dec. 13 at 10:46 p.m., state police responded to a crash on I-95 north of the Wagner Road Exit in Petersburg.
When troopers arrived on the scene, they found a sedan with bullet holes in the median with an unresponsive driver.
Investigators determined the car was heading south on I-95 before it ran off the right side of the road, crossed back over the southbound lanes, ran off the left side of the interstate and struck the guardrail.