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PETERSBURG The city tied an inauspicious record Friday afternoon with its 21st homicide of the year.
Petersburg Police said Sherman Xavier Miffin, 20, of Petersburg, died at Bon Secours Southside Regional Medical Center where he had been taken after he was found at the intersection of West Wythe and South streets with a life-threatening gunshot wound.
Police have not released any more details about the shooting.
Friday s murder tied the number of homicides in 2019.
Police are asking anyone who may have been in the area of the shooting around 3:30 p.m. Friday to contact Petersburg-Dinwiddie Crime Solvers at (804) 861-1212 or through the P3Tips app.