Kevin Mitchell
Henrico Sheriff’s Office
Henrico County investigators have arrested a suspect in Tuesday’s double shooting that killed a woman and seriously injured a man outside the Extended Stay America motel near West Broad Street and Glenside Drive.
Kevin K. Mitchell, 34, has been charged with half a dozen criminal offenses, including second degree murder, malicious wounding, two cases of firearm offense, carrying a hidden weapon, and the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Mitchell, who according to police has a registered address in Richmond, is charged with shooting the man and a woman just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday outside Extended Stay America on the 6800 block of Paragon Place. After being called to the scene, the police found the victims together near the stairs between the first and second floors.
The woman, Ashley Nicole Tolliver, 33, died after being rushed to a local hospital. The man, whom police failed to identify, suffered life-threatening injuries and remains in critical condition.
Police arrested Mitchell Thursday night at the 6900 block on Forest Avenue, which is in a commercial park about 1.5 miles from Extended Stay and across the street from Interstate 64. It was not known if Mitchell was staying in any of the nearby motels.
Matt Pecka, a police spokesman, said it was not known whether Mitchell knew or was familiar with the victims, or whether the victims were being targeted. Pecka said investigators are working to speak to the man to learn more.