Chesterfield County, VA _ Chesterfield Police have arrested and charged a Petersburg man in connection with a Tuesday night shooting at Chesterfield Towne Center.
Police say they responded to a report of a shooting in the food court of the mall just after 6:00 p.m. Once on scene officers found an adult male who had been shot. The victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatning injuries.
The initial investigation indicated the shooting was the culmination of a fight between two individuals and that the shooter had left the scene.
At around 2:00 a.m. Wednesday, detectives located the suspect at his home in the 800 block of Hinton street in Petersburg. William Taylor Jr. was taken into custody without incident and has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Taylor is currently being held at the Chesterfield County jail without bond.
Police are continuing their investigation into the incident, and are asking anyone with information, or who was in the area of the mall food court during the fight and shooting, to contact the Chesterfield Police Department at 804-748-1251 or Crime Solvers at 804-748-0660 or through the P3 app.