KING WILLIAM, Va. (AP) - Two Virginia men have been indicted on first-degree murder and other charges in the 2019 shooting death of an 8-year-old boy.
State police said Thursday said Charles Coleman III, of Aylett, and Keith Hargrove, of Richmond, are charged in the death of Orlando Anderson Jr.
Police said the King William County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call on Jan. 21, 2019, about a shooting at a residence. The caller reported that a man had entered the home and began shooting, then fled on foot.
Orlando, who was known as “Scrappy,” was taken to VCU Medical Center in Richmond, where he later died.
The boy’s father and grandmother were also inside the home at the time of the shooting, but were not injured.
Orlando’s father, Orlando Anderson Sr., and his mother, Alexis Mines, told news outlets at the time that the boy was asleep when the gunman kicked the front door open and started shooting.
A spokeswoman for state police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Coleman and Hargrove are both charged with first-degree murder, attempted robbery with a firearm, armed burglary of a residence, conspiracy to commit burglary, conspiracy to commit robbery and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Hargrove is also charged with discharging a firearm in an occupied dwelling and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Coleman is being held without bond at the Henrico County Jail, while Hargrove is being held, also without bond, at the City of Richmond Jail. It could not immediately be determined if the men have attorneys.
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