The crash occurred about 10:30 p.m., temporarily closing the 900 block of Peters Creek Road southbound from Melrose Avenue to Salem Turnpike Northwest, according to a social media post by Roanoke Police Department.
Roanoke officials and clergy launched an effort Sept. 8 to declare a "ceasefire" in the city s gun violence. Ten days later, the city marked its 24th homicide of 2023 on Sunday, a fatal shooting in northwest.
Maurice “Lamont” Baker, 42, is one of at least 18 pedestrians to die in traffic incidents this year in the Roanoke region, according to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
Ta Juan M. Johnson, 16, of Roanoke, pleaded guilty to four felony charges in Roanoke Circuit Court on July 13. Police said he was involved in the murder of Jaquice Kearney,
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